Mr. Peter Lennon:

The issue raised by the Deputy relates a person's self-determination of his or her own record and the choice or control they can exercise over it. With the UK model, a patient is basically in full control of what goes into their summary care record. The patient can also determine who gets access to that and what parts of the record others may get access to. That concept of self-determination lies at the heart of developing summary care records as well as national electronic health record systems. It is a recognised key element of that.