Certain services, such as viewing your medical record, nominating a pharmacy, changing contact details and messaging, are only available to practices in England and certain parts of Northern Ireland at this time. Your practice decides which of the available services they make available to their patients.

The Account option, which is visible once your name is selected

f your GP practice has enabled the option for patients to update their contact details using Patient Access, you will be able to edit certain details from the Contact Details tab.

The details you can update are:

• Address
• Mobile number
• Landline number
• Email address

You will not have the option to update the following. If these are incorrect, please contact your GP practice.

• Name
• Date of birth
• Gender 

If you would like to change your email address, home address, mobile number or landline, follow the steps below. 

The Edit option is only available if you have the Contact Details service enabled.

1. Select your name in the top right hand corner.
2. Select Account. 
3. Select the Contact details tab.
4. Select Edit on the right-hand side of the screen. 
5. Edit your contact details accordingly.
6. Select Confirm. 

The request is sent to your practice and is displayed as 'Pending' until approved by your practice. The pending request can be cancelled at this stage if required. 

Once your request has been approved by your GP practice, your details will be updated in your GP record and on Patient Access.