Adding emergency contacts helps your healthcare providers to contact your family member, close friend or carer during an emergency.
Access to your emergency contact details
You can store details of people you would like to be contacted in a medical emergency in your record. This could be family members, or close friends or carers. Make sure these people provide permission before you add their personal information.
Your emergency contacts will be available to healthcare providers involved in your care. People listed may be contacted if required, so it’s important their details are kept current. You cannot hide or control access to your emergency contact information.
Click the Profile & Settings tab in the top navigation menu.
Select Emergency Contacts Details from the drop-down list.
Select Add an emergency contact.
Select the contact type from the drop-down list. You can choose from:
Emergency Contact
Next of Kin
Carer
Enter their details including first and last name, phone number and email address.
If you are completing the details of an emergency contact or next of kin, enter details of the person’s relationship to you (e.g. sister, son, wife, husband).