GP leader names his NHS savings
Parts of NHS Direct, the Choose and Book service and the current ‘consent to view’ model of the Summary Care Record should all be reviewed to save money in the financial crisis, the BMA’s GP leader, Dr Laurence Buckman, said today. With NHS trusts under pressure to achieve efficiency savings of up to £20 billion […]
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PCTs look for GP agreement to SCR
Primary care trusts are seeking agreement from GP practices to go ahead with the creation of Summary Care Records in areas where their roll-out had been 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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BMA says SCR roll-out ‘too hasty’
The BMA has criticised the roll-out of the Summary Care Record programme, claiming patients do not have enough information and that it is too hard for them to opt out.
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London LMCs run own SCR campaign
The summary care record roll out Londonwide Local Medical Committees is advising GPs to consider proactively contacting patients about the creation of Summary Care Records. The LMC said that whatever individual GPs felt about the project “it is our duty as doctors to ensure that patients are adequately informed about the handling of information recorded.” […]
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Consent back on LMCs’ agenda
Grassroots GPs are to return to the debate for an opt-in approach to the transfer of patient identifiable data and argue that implied consent is insufficient for the release of information on named patients. The outcome of the debate at next month’s national Local Medical Committees’ conference will be a sign of the current feeling […]
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Two thirds of GPs sign up for IGSoC
Around two-thirds of GP practices had signed up to NHS Connecting for Health’s information governance standards by the deadline of the end of March, according to the Department of Health. The DH said it was “extremely pleased” with the response, although CfH was unable to confirm how many of those 5,800 practices had met its standards […]
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NICE to take charge of QoF
The Department of Health has announced that it is to go ahead with its plans to put the National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence in charge of the Quality and Outcomes Framework from next month.
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Scottish LMCs demand action on IT choice
Scottish GPs have strongly criticised the delay in procuring a choice of GP IT systems and called for funding for the GPASS system to be released to NHS boards. Last week’s Scottish Local Medical Committees’ conference passed a motion stating that it “deplores the slow progress in procuring a choice of national IT systems following […]
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SHAs take on Choose and Book
Strategic health authorities are to be given responsibility for sorting out technical problems with Choose and Book. NHS Connecting for Health told EHI Primary Care that it is devolving responsibility for technical assistance for Choose and Book to SHAs in 2009-10. A spokesperson said: “It is now considered an appropriate time – and a positive […]
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