What does it mean when I consent?

Are you receiving medical care? Care providers have medical data about you in their records. To provide you with the right care, they may sometimes need to share your medical data with other care providers. For example, the hospital may need your medical data from your GP for information about allergies you may have or medication you are taking.

By law, care providers usually need your consent to share your medical data  with other care providers.

If you have given consent, when you visit a doctor at another hospital, they can retrieve your data from your previous hospital electronically if it is necessary for your treatment.