Depending on your individual circumstances, if your My Health Record is currently being managed by an authorised representative, you can remove them and manage your own record.
Glossary of terms
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authorised representative
Someone who can apply for and manage a My Health Record on behalf of another person. For the purposes of the My Health Record system someone can be an authorised representative if they:• have parental responsibility for a person under 14; or• have legal authority to act on behalf of a person who is at least 14 and who is not capable of making his or her own decisions.If there is no one with parental responsibility or legal authority, a person who is otherwise appropriate to act on behalf of the individual can be an authorised representative. An individual can have more than one authorised representative. -
lack capacity
Mental capacity means being able to make your own decisions. Someone lacking capacity - because of an illness or disability such as a mental health problem, dementia or a learning disability - cannot do one or more of the following four things: 1. Understand information given to them about a particular decision, 2. Retain that information long enough to be able to make the decision, 3. Weigh up the information available to make the decision, 4. Communicate their decision.
