Patient records to get quality checks
GP practices are to be paid to bring patient records up to national data accreditation standards as part of the NHS national IT programme. According to a report in Doctor magazine practices will have to gain accreditation of their records before they can upload coded information onto the NHS data spine, being built as part […]
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CfH clinical lead predicts consensus on consent
Connecting for Health and the medical profession will be able to reach a consensus on the consent model for the NHS Care Records Service, predicts CfH’s GP clinical lead Prof Mike Pringle. Doctors’ bodies and the NHS IT agency are currently divided over how consent for the NCRS should operate. The qualified opt out policy […]
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First live GP2GP record transfer
The first live electronic transfer of a patient’s record between GPs using GP2GP record transfer has occurred under the NHS National Programme for IT. A full patient record was transferred between the Whickam Heath Centre practice to the Chainbridge House practice, both in Gateshead on Tyneside, via the NHS spine. The transfer was made between two […]
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RCGP ethics committee recommends opt-in for NCRS
The ethics committee of the Royal College of GPs has recommended that patients must have the right to opt-in to the sharing of information via the NHS Care Records Service. If ratified, the decision would put the college at odds with NHS Connecting for Health’s Care Record Development Board which has adopted an opt-out model. The recommendation, which will […]
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IT training in core of proposed GP curriculum
Information management and technology should be a core part of the curriculum for training GPs, a blueprint on GP education has recommended. The Royal College of General Practitioners has drawn up a new draft curriculum covering 14 core areas which will come into force from August 2007. The curriculum will lead to the award of […]
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Trials of ‘summary spine record’ to begin in 2006
Summaries of GP records from a small number of practices are to be loaded onto the NHS spine from August 2006 as part of a new evolutionary ‘pilot’, intended to test the basic concepts around shared summary care records. The strategy, set out in a consultative document published today, indicates a far more gradual approach […]
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Allergies must be Read coded for GP2GP
GPs and practice teams are being advised to record all allergies and sensitivities as Read coded entries to solve a potential problem with GP2GP record transfer. The team working on the introduction of GP2GP, which includes representatives form the joint General Practitioner Committee and Royal College of General Practitioners’ IT committee, have discovered difficulties with […]
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Concerns over incomplete patient record transfers
GPs are to be reminded to send all important information when patients move practice after concern that some records are arriving incomplete. The joint RCGP and GPC IT committee is to issue a reminder to GPs via local medical committees after hearing that some practices are sending patient records without important attachments such as scanned […]
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Patients becoming apprehensive of NHS CRS
Patients are contacting their GPs with concerns about the confidentiality of their data held on GP computer systems as awareness about the NHS Care Records Service spreads, according to the British Medical Association’s GP committee. The General Practitioner Committee says patients are beginning to ask about the government’s plans for a central care record and […]
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No need to register for Choose and Book yet, says BMA
GP representatives have told GPs that there is no need to complete the registration process for Connecting for Health in order to express an interest in Choose and Book. The British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee says that primary care trusts are putting practices under pressure to complete the registration process so that PCTs can […]
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