Access and permissions in Care Health
1. Modules and features
| Switch | What it turns on |
|---|---|
| Care Health module | The Health record section |
| Care Health feature MAR | The Medicines section and the Medication round |
2. Permissions
| Task | Permission |
|---|---|
| See the health record and medicines | care.health.view (sensitive: never given by ADMIN) |
| Add and correct summary, allergies, conditions, immunisations, observations, encounters | care.health.manage |
| Record, revoke or correct advance directives | care.health.directive.manage |
| Create orders; hold, resume, stop and complete them | care.health.medication.manage |
| Record doses; see Medication round in the menu | care.health.mar.administer |
| Turn a missed dose into an incident | care.incident.report as well |
Typical roles (example):
| Role | Permissions |
|---|---|
| Nurse (Tom) | view, manage, directive manage, medication manage, MAR administer, incident report |
| Senior carer (Grace) | view, MAR administer |
| Carer | none of the health permissions; sees no Health record section |
| Manager | view (for oversight); reports |
3. Care access still applies
Care Health only shows people you can already see in Care: you need access to their home, and an assignment if caseload scoping is on. Protected records stay hidden. See Care access.
4. The employee link (recording doses)
Doses are recorded against the employee who gave them, and a witness must be an employee too. Your user must be linked to an active employee record, with an employment on today's date.
Without it, recording a dose fails: "Only staff linked to an employee record can record doses". Ask HR or your administrator to link your user to your employee record.
Why can't I see …?
| You can't see | Check |
|---|---|
| The Health record section | Care Health module on? care.health.view? |
| The Medicines section | MAR feature on? care.health.view? |
| Medication round in the Care menu | MAR feature on? care.health.mar.administer? |
| The resident at all | Their home and your Care access |
| The Directive form | care.health.directive.manage |
Health views are logged
Every time you open health information it's recorded. Open records only for your work.