

Before a child is aged 11, their parents usually control access to their health record and online GP services. If you're a young person, you may have questions about who has access to your profile as you get older. Your GP surgery can help if you have questions about removing access to your profile.

When you have finished using services on behalf of another person: When you switch to another person's profile, a yellow banner at the top says Acting on behalf of and the person's name. Select the name of the person you want to act for.You do not need to log in and out each time. check you are the correct person to act on the other person's behalfĪfter your GP surgery has registered you for proxy access for one or more people, you can switch to a linked profile after logging in to the NHS App or website.You'll need to provide identification to your GP surgery so they can: Your GP surgery will guide you through registration. You both need to be registered at the same GP surgery. Tell your GP surgery that you would like to arrange proxy access for the person you care for. view some or all of their GP health record.

Depending on the level of proxy access your surgery agrees to give you, you may be able to switch profiles to act on behalf of another person and: Your GP surgery controls what you can do with a linked profile. Your GP surgery can tell you which system they use if you’re not sure.
