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Record Daily Users Reported in South Yorkshire

‘999’ normally means an emergency for the health and care system – but in the case of the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record (YHCR) in South Yorkshire those numbers are very welcome.

On 18 June 2026, the South Yorkshire Shared Care Record (SYSCR) programme recorded 999 unique patient records being accessed – a daily record for the region.

Of those 999 unique patient records, the highest Trusts using the shared care record platform were Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

On the same day, there were 1,303 total patient records accessed and 1,324 total logins. The numbers show a fairly steady month-on-month growth in the number of people using the YHCR.

Katie Dowson, South Yorkshire Shared Care Record (SYSCR) Programme Director, said: “We are very pleased to see the growth in people using the shared care record platform. More and more colleagues are seeing the benefits in being able to view more information than ever before about the person they caring for. We would encourage everyone to login and see the amount of information the YHCR now contains.”

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