Your clinician may use a computer ‘Scribe’ during your appointment.
A scribe acts as a “note taker”. It helps GPs write up their notes from your consultation. This means they can focus more on you and less on the computer.
The Scribe hears the conversation and types up relevant notes
It works by listening to the conversation with your GP and typing up notes. It’s only interested in medical information relevant to your care.
The Scribe uses some simple AI
The Scribe is built by a team led by doctors and uses some basic AI to turn the conversation into clear notes to help the doctor save time.
Your GP checks all the notes
Your GP will review and edit notes before saving them to your medical record – nothing is added to your medical record by the Scribe. All decisions about your care are made by your doctors.
Your conversations are private
The technology follows all the necessary UK data, privacy rules and NHS standards. Your voice recordings are not stored. Only what your GP decides is needed is saved to your medical record.
It’s always your choice
If you’d like more details on Scribe, do ask your GP for more information on how it works. If you feel uncomfortable, you can let the GP know and ask them not to use it.