NHS App & Online Services

You can now prove your COVID-19 vaccination status

• when travelling abroad, and
• when attending large/mass gatherings within the UK, such as football matches and other sporting events, concerts, nightclubs etc

You can do this via the NHS App, which you can access through a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, or a computer.

An NHS COVID Pass shows your coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination details or test results. This is your “COVID-19 status”.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-pass/

If you're aged 16 or over, you can get an NHS COVID Pass for travel abroad.

If you're aged 18 or over, you can get an NHS COVID Pass for domestic events.

The NHS COVID Pass is not available for children under the age of 16.
Children under the age of 18 do not need to show a COVID Pass to get into venues in England.

It will by default:

• allow you to book appointments online (when available)
• allow you to request repeat medication
• allow you to update your contact details (mobile, phone number etc)
• allow you to register your organ donation decision
• allow you to set your National Data Opt Out (see below)
• provide you with general health advice
• help you get advice about coronavirus

And, if you specifically request it (this is the only time that you will need to contact your GP surgery regarding the NHS App):

• securely view your detailed electronic GP record
• so allowing you to check the results of any blood tests or x-rays requested by your GP, download them, print them off at home, take them to hospital appointments etc.
• and allow you to show your GP record to any healthcare professional providing you with medical care - anywhere in the world

Our Online Access Registration Form (aged 16+)
(if you want access to your detailed GP medical record, and/or wish to use an alternative online access app)

If you are looking to enable online access for someone under the age of 16, or as a "proxy" on behalf of someone aged 16+, then please do ask at one of our three surgery sites for information on how to do this.

The NHS App also (and by default) allows you to:

• set your National Data Opt Out preference

which determines how organisations (at present, principally NHS Digital) can use and disseminate information that they already hold about you.

Information about the National Data Opt Out (and links to further information) can be found on our website:

Please note that setting your National Data Opt Out will not prohibit the extraction and uploading of your GP record to NHS Digital as part of the forthcoming General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) project.

The GPDPR project has been delayed – but not cancelled.
You can continue to opt-out of this, now, if you so wish.

To prohibit the use of your personal information in this way, you need to register a Type 1 opt-out at the surgery.