HealthSpace
What is HealthSpace?
HealthSpace is a free, secure online personal health organiser. It can help you to manage your health, store important health information and find out about NHS services near you. HealthSpace is enabled throughout Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole.
Anyone living in England, aged 16 or over, with a valid e-mail address can register for a HealthSpace account.
The web site where you can register is; https://www.healthspace.nhs.uk
HealthSpace currently provides two levels of service to users:
A basic self-registration service providing:
- An online personal health organiser
- A diary / calendar to record information such as appointments
- The facility to find doctors, dentists and other NHS services
- Access to other NHS websites such as NHS Choices for information and advice on health conditions or Choose and Book if you wish to book your hospital appointment online.
Advanced service
If your local NHS is creating Summary Care Records (SCRs) you will be invited to upgrade from the Basic service to the Advanced service. This service requires you to follow a registration process to obtain a HealthSpace Advanced account (see website above):
The Advanced service lets you do all the things you can do with the Basic service but gives you access to a wider range of services.
Current advanced services are:
1. Access to your Summary Care Record (SCR) - for patients who live in a Primary Care Trust (PCT) area where SCRs have been created. SCRs are being rolled out across England in a phased way. You may have received information about viewing your SCR from your local NHS, or will do so in the future.
Over 50% of patients in Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole already have Summary Care Records.
Your SCR contains important information taken from the electronic medical records the NHS holds for you. The information could help people treating you, particularly in an emergency.
2. HealthSpace Communicator - a new and secure way for patients to communicate electronically with healthcare staff such as doctors and nurses. If your local healthcare staff use HealthSpace Communicator and feel it will benefit you, they will discuss this with you before sending you an electronic invite. Please note that HealthSpace Communicator is only currently available in a small number of early adopter areas.
More information can be found at the Connecting for Health webiste.
