Delivering significant change and supporting true integration is at the heart of a health and social care collaboration in Kent and Medway.
The new Kent and Medway Care Record (KMCR) – being rolled out over 18 months – enables health and social care professionals to have real-time, secure access to patient records. It also helps patients to only have to tell their story to clinicians just once.
KMCR provides a joined-up view of people’s health and care needs and plans. It contains regular data feeds from providers, including GPs and social care departments.
Commissioned by a collaborative comprising NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (KMCCG), Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, Kent County Council and Medway Council, the KMCR provides health and care professionals with secure access to health and social care data, enabling timely access to patient information; driving better outcomes and experiences for the county’s 1.8 million residents.
The KMCR brings together information from Kent and Medway’s four acute hospital trusts, three largest community-based providers, two mental health trusts, 198 GP practices, South East Coast Ambulance Service, hospices and Kent County Council and Medway Council’s social care departments.
Dr Navin Kumta, Clinical Chair of NHS Kent and Medway CCG, said:
“The KMCR shared care record is delivering a significant transformational change in Kent and Medway.
“As well as helping us improve front line care, the KMCR underpins our drive to integrate care across the system."
The KMCR roll out, is spread over 18 months to make sure it is embedded within each organisation.
Some GPs, acute hospital trusts, community health providers, mental health trusts and South East Coast Ambulance Service are already starting to use the KMCR. The roll out will continue this summer, with Kent County Council and Medway Council’s adult and children’s social care departments, and hospices in Kent and Medway.
Citizen access
In the future, people living in Kent and Medway’s will be able to access their own care records through the KMCR patient portal, My Care Record. The planning for this is under way.