Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of 2026-10-02
Who holds the health record in Singapore?
In 2026, Singapore scores 62 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 16= of 198 countries (likely range 6 to 34), in the Mixed band (45 to 64). Who holds the keys: Shared. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-02.
The person has real controls inside a state or provider system. Its strongest right against the other countries is clinician access at the point of care (68, against a median of 34 across 198 countries); no right falls below the median, and the closest to it is research and trial consent (50, median 46).
A 2026 law, not yet in force, makes every provider feed one national record without consent; patients can block access, but very few do.
Published · updated · this country's data as of 2026-10-02 · research tool, not legal advice
62overall, of 100 · Mixed
16=rank of 198
Sharedwho holds the keys
highconfidence
88 · Goldevidence grade (DTI)
Can I get my health records in Singapore?
Access to the full record scores 62 of 100 in Singapore, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. Patients can view medications, immunisations and lab results from the national record in HealthHub, and the PDPA gives a right to request the rest from each provider. But providers may charge a fee and need not hand over copies of doctors' notes.
Can I control who sees my health record in Singapore?
Control and consent scores 58 of 100 in Singapore, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. Data flows into the NEHR without consent, but a person can block all provider access and can see a one-year log of which institutions opened their record. Only about 2,300 people have placed a block since 2011, and finer choices in HealthHub are planned from 2027.
Eight rights, against Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and the EU
Patient access to the full record20%
62
68 · 66 · 62
Patient control and consent20%
58
52 · 55 · 62
Privacy and security15%
62
50 · 65 · 58
Connected care journey15%
64
72 · 62 · 48
Protection from commercial use10%
62
62 · 55 · 50
Clinician access at the point of care10%
68
78 · 58 · 52
Research and trial consent5%
50
66 · 50 · 50
Clinical AI governance5%
62
58 · 66 · 60
Black dot: Singapore. Hollow dots: Taiwan, South Korea, Japan (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 198 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Singapore 62, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Singapore need to change to score higher?
Singapore sits in Mixed (45 to 64); Strong starts at 65. The two rights furthest below the 198-country median, weighted, are research and trial consent (50, median 46) and clinical AI governance (62, median 30). The published rubric reads:
Research and trial consent: A general opt-out that is honoured, or dynamic or opt-in consent, with a public register of research uses: 55 to 85.
Clinical AI governance: Device regulation of clinical AI with change control and human oversight in force, plus national rules where EU law leaves gaps.
Which laws give health record rights in Singapore?
Health Information Act 2026 (2026): Mandatory NEHR contribution without consent, access restrictions, insurance and employment ban, breach notification; not yet in force.
Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (2012): General privacy law: access right, consent, breach duties, fines up to 10% of turnover; excludes public agencies.
Human Biomedical Research Act 2015 (2015): Requires appropriate consent for human biomedical research and tissue use, with regulated exemptions.
Strain and split context, not scored
Doctors per 10,000
26.7 2023
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
70.9 2023
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
27.1% 2023
Record reaches private care?
partial
"Three of nine private hospitals, many specialists, labs and dental clinics were still outside."
Published stories
2025-05-21 · Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore Patient's record used to approach them for research without express consent
2025-04-11 · HRD Asia (HCA Magazine) Hospital worker fined for looking up a former patient's record without reason
In 2026, Singapore scored 62 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 16= of 198 countries (likely range 6 to 34) (Mixed; who holds the keys: Shared). Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-02, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/SGP/
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OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (38 mostly high-income countries). DTI: SuperTruth's Data Trust Index, grading the evidence behind each score. Everything here comes from public information: laws, government and regulator pages, court decisions, published news, WHO, OECD and World Bank data. Full sources: https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/SGP/#sources. SuperTruth built this index and sells health data verification products; no one paid to be included. Research tool, not legal advice. Text and scores CC BY 4.0.
