Semble and ORB launch first-of-its-kind integration to widen access to NHS records across private healthcare

World Patient Safety Day launch gives clinicians consent-led access to NHS GP records, helping close the information gap between NHS and private health for safer, better informed patient care 

London, UK; 15th September 2026: Semble, the healthcare technology company supporting more than 18,000 healthcare professionals, has partnered with health data integration platform ORB, to launch a firstof-its-kind, patient consent-led integration. 

The collaboration combines ORB’s NHS connectivity with Semble’s healthcare management platform, bringing NHS and private healthcare information together directly within Semble, so clinicians can access everything they need without leaving the platform. 

Announced ahead of World Patient Safety Day (September 17th), the partnership will enable clinicians to securely access a consenting patient’s complete, real-time NHS GP record directly within Semble’s practice management system (PMS) – giving a complete picture of a patient’s health when making decisions about their care.

This includes information that can otherwise take weeks to request from a GP practice, encompassing consultations and problem lists, current and previous medications, allergies, investigations and test results, immunisations, clinical correspondence, hospital discharge summaries and scans. This reduces the risk of missed allergies, medication conflicts or incomplete histories when diagnosing, prescribing or planning treatment, while being built with clinical governance at its core.

“ORB was founded from a personal frustration I experienced as a practising clinician working across the NHS, private health and elite sports: too often, NHS information is locked in silos and health information is  fragmented. It delays decisions and makes care harder than it needs to be. Before ORB, private clinics and hospitals could wait months for a static, abridged ‘GP summary’ – a snapshot that was already out of date by the time it arrived,” said Dr Danny Glover, CEO and co-founder of ORB. “ORB changes that. We give healthcare organisations outside NHS boundaries rapid, secure access to real-time NHS GP records, with the patient’s consent. Semble, as the leading healthcare management platform, was an obvious partner choice for us. Semble customers can now access important NHS information before, during or after a consultation, in real time. It gives clinicians access to the patient’s full medical history, not just a summary.”

Christoph Lippuner, co-founder and CEO at Semble, added: “As the line between the NHS and private sector continues to blur, healthcare is becoming more complex and distributed, but clinicians still need to see the patient as one person. You shouldn’t have an NHS version of somebody’s medical history and a private version when safe care depends on understanding and interpreting both.

“By bringing NHS information directly into the clinical workflow, we’re connecting clinicians, patients, systems and information so that care can work as one joined-up service – providing a more complete picture without adding another system or process to their day. And by putting consent in the patient’s hands, we’re not just connecting data – we’re giving professionals the context they need to deliver safer, better-informed care.”

For patients, the integration means greater control over how their information follows them through their healthcare journey. Using their NHS login, patients can link their GP record to ORB, which then makes it accessible to clinicians in Semble through the integration. It can also mean less time repeatedly providing the same medical history to different healthcare providers.

The partnership significantly reduces the administrative burden associated with obtaining patient information. Practices can spend less time requesting records from GP surgeries or continually collecting medical histories from patients.

Dr Keith Grimes, a former GP and Digital Health and Innovation Consultant, added: “As a former urgent care GP, I know that treating a patient without their record is a known source of avoidable harm. Consented, patient-controlled access to the GP record at the point of care helps close a gap that has been open for a long time.”