Pharmacists get access to PDS for EPS R2
Community pharmacists are to be issued with new smartcards to give them access to the Personal Demographics Service. NHS Connecting for Health and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee have released guidance on smartcard arrangements for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service, which CfH expects to go live in 2009. More than 20,000 pharmacists already have […]
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SCR integrated into Adastra
Out-of-hours provider Adastra has delivered an integrated solution for the Summary Care Record that will make access to the SCR much quicker and easier for clinicians, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. The integrated solution means out-of-hours clinicians will be able to instantly access the SCR from within Adastra, subject to confidentiality safeguards. The system […]
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Operating Framework stresses savings and Darzi
NHS organisations have been told to sort out their finances in preparation for making “very substantial efficiency savings” in 2010-11, when the health service’s three year settlement comes to an end. The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2009-10, announced by the Department of Health yesterday but only released onto its website this morning, […]
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Patients divided on pharmacy records
Patient opinion is divided over whether pharmacists should have access to electronic records, with more than a quarter opposing such a move. A survey by the Patients Association found that more than 50% of patients are willing for their electronic records to be seen by pharmacists, but that just over 25% are strongly opposed to the idea. […]
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BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: live on the night
Almost 400 people gathered at the Millennium Mayfair hotel for the BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008. Lyn Whitfield was among them.
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Cayton stakes claim to independence of NIGB
The new chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has criticised plans to make it easier for researchers to access patient information. According to the Guardian, Harry Cayton has described plans to give researchers access to patient information to recruit for medical trials as “ethically unacceptable.” The proposals are included in […]
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Catto podcast urges debate on confidentiality
Sir Graeme Catto has recorded a podcast urging doctors to put forward their views on confidentiality, including concerns about electronic records and access to patient data for research. The podcast by the president of the General Medical Council is part of a consultation into the GMC’s new draft guidance on confidentiality, which runs until the […]
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GP seeks urgent response on SCR legality
A GP who is seeking publication of the Department of Health’s legal advice on plans for the Summary Care Record (SCR) has told the Information Commissioner (IC) he needs an urgent response to his request. Dr Paul Thornton, a GP in Warwickshire, lodged a Freedom of Information Act appeal with the Information Commissioner in May […]
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NHSmail migration to Exchange deferred
NHS Connecting for Health has written to strategic health authorities to tell them that NHSmail’s planned migration to the Microsoft Exchange platform is being deferred.
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SUS public consultation launched
NHS Connecting for Health has launched a public consultation on the wider use of patient information held in the Secondary Uses Service that is being created as part of the NHS Care Records Service. The 12-week consultation run by Tribal Consulting will collect patient views on who should have access to data, what purposes it […]
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