Emergency Care Summary (ECS)

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians based in community pharmacy have access to the Emergency Care Summary (ECS) system, where up-to-date records of patients’ medication are kept centrally. This will help with urgent supply prescription requests, especially with patients who do not regularly attend the pharmacy.

A key facts Emergency Care Summary can be found at Community Pharmacy Scotland. You shoud refer to these documents. 

You should not access ANY patient records, even for yourself or family members, until you are dealing with an actual patient and have gained their consent to access their records for urgent clinical need. It should be noted by all users of the ECS records that all accesses to patient information are closely monitored and audited and any suspicious accesses will be investigated, and may result in disciplinary processes or even prosecution.

ECS Login

Click here to go to the ECS login page.

- If you wish to apply for new ECS access, please complete the ECS Request Form and return to us at: communitypharmacy.team@borders.scot.nhs.uk  

- If your ECS access has fallen inactive due to not being used in the last 90 days please contact us at communitypharmacy.team@borders.scot.nhs.uk.  

- For password resets where you still remember your Username, you should select the ‘Forgotten Password’ option on the ECS login screen, and a new password will be sent to your NHSmail account.