Patient access concerns voiced by GPC
GP leaders have said they are concerned giving patients access to their online record could risk their medical history being used against them, and may create more work for GPs having to explain medical terms to worried patients.
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QoF changed to secure GP pay deal
GPs are to get no uplift in net pay for 2011-12, but there will be a rise in Quality and Outcome Framework payments to cover pay rises for lower paid staff, and a new scheme to reward GP data analysis.
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GPs told to secure web data
GP representatives have warned doctors to check the confidentiality of patient data submitted when patients use online services on practice websites.
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Bradford enriched SCRs without consent
More than 9,000 patients in Bradford had their Summary Care Record enriched without their consent, it has emerged; although most have now reverted to a core record.
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GPs join attack on SCR roll-out
GP leaders have joined the attack on the roll-out of the Summary Care Record, calling for an immediate halt to the roll-out and an urgent discussion of the issues with the Department of Health and NHS Connecting for Health. The BMA’s General Practitioner Committee, which represents all GPs in the UK, passed a unanimous motion saying […]
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BMA says ‘suspend SCR roll-out’
The British Medical Association has written to the government calling for the roll-out of the Summary Care Record to be suspended.
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Letter errors fuel SCR roll-out row
The British Medical Association is getting ready to step up its opposition to the roll-out of the Summary Care Record as NHS Connecting for Health confirms that some patients have received information packs meant for others.
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DH bans use of premium rate phone number
The Department of Health has announced that the use of premium rate phone numbers in the NHS is to be banned.
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GPs vote to halt Care Record Service development
GP representatives overwhelmingly backed a motion to call a halt to development of the NHS Care Records Service at the BMA’s annual Local Medical Committees conference on Friday. LMC representatives backed a motion expressing no confidence in the government’s ability to store electronic patient records safely. They also backed calls to support patients who wish […]
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Choose and Book use by GPs falls
Latest Choose and Book statistics show that use of the system fell after the end of the financial year and numbers are only now beginning to return to levels first achieved in March. The drop in use of the e-booking system is thought to be partly the result of the Easter break and partly the […]
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