Data sharing

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GP seeks urgent response on SCR legality

A GP who is seeking publication of the Department of Health’s legal advice on plans for the Summary Care Record
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Data exchange needed for urgent care

Urgent and emergency care providers in England must share more data electronically if they are to improve services, the Healthcare
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PCT seeks to align SCR and SystmOne consent models

The last of the six primary care trusts due to take part in the early adopter programme for the NHS
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Trusts told to release slots to Choose and Book

NHS trusts have been criticised for failing to provide enough outpatient appointments slots on Choose and Book – and told
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Data Sharing Review has messages for the NHS

Patients who consent to a course of treatment should be presumed to have given “implied consent” to having their data
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GPs concerned by TPP data sharing system

GPs have raised concerns about TPP SystmOne’s new data sharing model which Connecting for Health says is currently being reviewed
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Call for new urgent care phone number

The Ambulance Service Network (ASN) has called for a new national telephone number for urgent non-life threatening calls, which would
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Evidence gap on telehealth needs to be filled

More work is needed to fill the evidence gap on telehealth if it is to enter the mainstream, according to
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EMIS deal for London on cards

Primary care system supplier EMIS looks likely to be included as part of the local service provider solution for London.
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Your data or your life?

Bill McAvoy of Quicksilva argues that developing an information integration strategies provides the foundation for joined up public services.
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