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Personal Health Records adoption toolkit
This toolkit supports health and care organisations in England to commission, develop or manage Personal Health Records (PHRs) and other citizen-facing tools.
Personal Health Records direction of travel
Understand the strategic direction of travel for personal health records (PHRs) and make sure that your PHR fits the NHS Long Term Plan.
Personal Health Records contacts map and networking
Find map locations and contact details for organisations developing Personal Health Records (PHRs) in England. Use forums to network too.
Benefits of Personal Health Records
Find examples of financial benefits, improved patient experiences and outcomes, plus how service transformation can be enabled by PHRs.
Initiating a Personal Health Record
Learn about our PHR definition, guidance on financial support, service transformation case study and user needs guide.
Developing a Personal Health Record
Find technical architectures and components, our functionality checklist, review standards and browse information governance guidelines.
How Personal Health Records relate to other national initiatives
How PHRs relate to NHS login, the NHS Apps Library, Local Health Care Records (LHCRs) and INTEROPen, plus why it matters to you.
Contact us and sign up to get involved
Contact the Personal Health Records toolkit team. Sign up to get email updates, take part in our research, or share your good practice.