The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023

Welsh GP record

79.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a contractor must, in any case where there is a change to the information included in a patient’s medical record, enable the automated retrieval of summary information from the Welsh GP Record (WGPR) and the NHS Wales App, when the change occurs, using approved systems provided to it by the Local Health Board.

(2) The enabling of automated retrieval of summary information from the WGPR must be for clinical use.

(3) In this regulation—

“NHS Wales App” (“Ap GIG Cymru”) means the system managed by Digital Health and Care Wales for accessing and managing health appointments, prescriptions and personal details;

“Welsh GP Record” (“Cofnod Meddyg Teulu Cymru”) means the system approved by the Local Health Board for the automated retrieval, storing and displaying of patient data relating to medications, allergies, adverse reactions and, where agreed with the contractor and subject to the patient’s consent, any other data taken from the patient’s electronic record;

“summary information” (“gwybodaeth gryno”) means items of patient data that comprise the Welsh GP Record.