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Orion Health
Delivering on the NHS 10-Year Plan
The NHS 10-Year Plan sets out a vision for care that is more integrated, personalised and preventative, enabled by data, digital technology and closer collaboration across health and care services.
Building on the foundations of Shared Care Records, Orion Health is helping shape the Single Patient Record that will power a more connected and proactive NHS.
Is your Integrated Care System ready for the Single Patient Record?
The Single Patient Record builds on your existing Shared Care Record. Unlocking real-time, structured, and writable data that flows securely across care settings.
Use this quick self-check to assess your system’s readiness to evolve into a federated, future-proof foundation for integrated care.
Is your Shared Care Record structured, real-time, and standards-based?
Can your data stay at source while still being securely shared?
Are clinical terms and records consistent, auditable, and trusted across systems?
Is your system ready to integrate nationally—with the NHS App, NRL, and beyond?
Can citizens view, correct, and contribute to their own health record today?
John's Story
Why the Single Patient Record matters
John is 67 and lives with multiple long-term conditions. His GP and community teams rely on their Shared Care Record to coordinate his care and keep everyone informed.
But when John experiences an emergency outside his local area, that visibility disappears. Paramedics and hospital clinicians cannot access his full record, pharmacists cannot see recent medication changes, and time is lost piecing together information that already exists elsewhere.
Shared Care Records have transformed visibility across integrated care systems, but gaps remain when patients move beyond regional boundaries. The Single Patient Record will close those gaps by ensuring every clinician can see the same trusted information wherever John receives care.
Paramedic
Instantly sees John's up-to-date care plan, including community nurse notes.
A&E
A&E clinicians' access and add to the same record in real time.
Pharmacist
The pharmacist views and annotates medications without chasing GP notes.
John
Can review and contribute through the NHS App.
Paramedic
Paramedic
The paramedic instantly sees his up-to-date care plan, including community nurse notes.
A&E
A&E
A&E clinicians' access and add to the same record in real time.
Pharmacist
Pharmacist
The pharmacist views and annotates medications without chasing GP notes.
John
John
John himself can review and contribute through the NHS App.
From shared care to shared action
A future-ready NHS starts with the Single Patient Record
Shared Care Records were a pivotal step forward, but they were never the destination. The Single Patient Record is the next evolution, a federated, real-time, writable record built on the strong foundations already in place.
The Single Patient Record will connect local systems into a nationally linked framework by enabling data to flow securely across boundaries. It will give clinicians the information they need to make better decisions, improve safety and efficiency, and empower citizens like John to take a more active role in their health.
Our vision is for Shared Care Records to form the foundation of the Single Patient Record, creating a connected, nationally interoperable platform for coordinated care. Our National Blueprint for the Single Patient Record, developed with Healthcare Innovation Consortium, sets out the path to achieve this.
Webinar
Connected by design: making the Single Patient Record real
The ambition of connected care in the NHS has never been clearer. Yet for many citizens and clinicians, information still doesn’t follow patients when they move around the country.
As Shared Care Records mature, the next step is to move from connected regions to a connected nation. The Single Patient Record offers a practical way forward, by building on existing infrastructure to create a federated, real-time view of each person’s health.
Next week, Ian Binks will join Hadleigh Stollar from Healthcare Innovation Consortium at the EPR Network’s latest webinar to talk all things Single Patient Record, from the limits of EPRs to how Shared Care Records can help create a truly joined-up NHS.
Tuesday 11 November | 12–1 pm GMT
