discharge summaries

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Professor Victoria Tzortziou Brown, chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP)
4 March 2026

Doctors raise safety concerns about AI discharge summary tool

Doctors groups have raised safety concerns over plans to roll out an AI-Assisted Discharge Summary tool nationally through the FDP.
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Science secretary Peter Kyle
18 August 2025

AI-assisted tool on FDP will help write hospital discharge letters

The NHS federated data platform will host a new AI-assisted discharge summaries tool, the government has announced. 
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GP IT
28 August 2020

Clinical patient discharge summaries to be sent electronically to GPs

The first of its kind trial at Dorset County Hospital saw more than 4,000 structured FHIR messages sent to four
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25 July 2016

GP complaints in Warrington after Lorenzo switch

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says GP complaints about incomplete discharge summaries since the trust switched electronic patient
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10 February 2016

E-discharge uptake revealed by DMI

EXCLUSIVE: Around two thirds of NHS trusts are sharing discharge summaries electronically with GPs and one fifth are prescribing electronically,
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28 May 2013

Enter the CCG

Dr John Lockley, a GP and clinical lead for informatics at NHS Bedfordshire CCG, thinks he may have a solution
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23 April 2013

MH trust links RiO and EMIS users

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is linking its RiO electronic patient record with Emis systems to share data
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11 May 2012

NHS Herefordshire links GPs with EDT Hub

NHS Herefordshire will connect another 76 GP practices to its electronic document transfer Hub and expands its use to include
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27 October 2010

Southampton wins award for eDischarge

The pharmacy and IT teams at Southampton's teaching hospital have been recognised for its eDischarge electronic patient discharge system.
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29 September 2010

MIG from EMIS and INPS passes ITK tests

The Medical Interoperability Gateway developed by healthcare IT system suppliers INPS and EMIS has received Interoperability Toolkit accreditation from NHS Connecting
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