Devon and Cornwall Care Record (DCCR)

Old Farm Surgery participates in the Devon and Cornwall Care Record, a system that securely combines patient information from GPs, hospitals, hospices, and other health services across Devon and Cornwall. This enables healthcare professionals to access a complete and up-to-date view of your medical history, medications, and allergies, improving diagnosis, treatment safety, and continuity of care. It also reduces the need for repeated information sharing, duplicate tests, and appointments, allowing clinicians to focus more time on patient care.

For more information, visit https://www.devonandcornwallcarerecord.nhs.uk

OpenSAFELY

NHS England has been directed by the government to establish and operate the OpenSAFELY COVID-19 Service and the OpenSAFELY Data Analytics Service. These services provide a secure environment that supports research, clinical audit, service evaluation and health surveillance for COVID-19 and other purposes.

Each GP practice remains the controller of its own GP patient data but is required to let approved users run queries on pseudonymised patient data. This means identifiers are removed and replaced with a pseudonym.

Only approved users are allowed to run these queries, and they will not be able to access information that directly or indirectly identifies individuals. 

Patients who do not wish for their data to be used as part of this process can register a type 1 opt out with their GP.

For additional information about OpenSAFELY, click here