SCR could hold ‘end of life’ plans
The Summary Care Record (SCR) could be used to share end of life care plans and resuscitation details, according to the Department of Health. Its newly-launched End of Life Care Strategy recommends that all end of life care providers have access to N3 and the SCR. The strategy outlines the ways in which information technology […]
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GPs shape the future of health IT
In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agency’s national clinical leads for GPs, discusses some key issues for the profession.
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HealthSpace set for big expansion
HealthSpace, the government’s secure online site for patients, is to be expanded to include shared records and GP appointment booking, according to the Health Informatics Review. The review, published last week, outlines a much wider role for HealthSpace and says its consultation highlighted strong support for the HealthSpace initiative. In future HealthSpace will be accessed […]
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NHS informatics review set to stress continuity
As part of the next stage review of the health service will see the publication of the blueprint for NHS informatics, to accompany last week’s ten year blueprint for the health service ‘High Quality Care for All: The NHS Next Stage Review’. The accompanying informatics review matters as the Darzi direction of travel is all […]
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Patient information easily obtained by phone
A team of doctors has warned that confidential patient information can be easily obtained from GP practices over the telephone after getting patient data from 45 practices without any verification in more than a third of cases. Dr Ed Fitzgerald and colleagues from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust contacted 45 different GP practices to obtain […]
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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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FOI appeal on summary records legal status
A GP campaigning against the consent model for the Summary Care Record has taken his battle to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Dr Paul Thornton, a GP in Warwickshire, has lodged a Freedom of Information Act appeal with the Information Commissioner after the Department of Health refused to release its legal advice on the legal status […]
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Primary care following Fujitsu
Following the exit of Fujitsu from the NHS IT programme in the South of England, Fiona Barr explores what the implications are for primary care.
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Six Dorset practices added to SCR pilots
Dorset Primary Care Trust has announced staff at six more local GP practices will start to use the NHS Summary Care Record this week. The six GP practices – Milton Abbas, Gillingham, Newland in Sherborne, Cranborne, Swanage and Wool, will begin work on switching to the SCR this week. The Dorset practices form part of […]
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No GP systems in Fujitsu’s NHS contract
Fujitsu, local service provider for the Southern Programme for IT, is not yet contracted to supply a GP system but £105.9m is to be spent to include such a requirement, the latest National Audit Office report reveals. The NAO investigation into the national NHS IT programme found that the project was running at least four […]
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