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Patients to get Facebook-style Communicator

From March, patients will be able to carry out email consultations with GPs and other clinicians using a Facebook-style tool
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Gap between SCR concept and reality

The gap between the concept of the NHS Summary Care Record and the reality of implementing it will continue to
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View data

That’s consent for the SCR sorted; now for SUS. Fiona Barr reports.
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SCR consent model changes

The NHS Care Records Board will today confirm that patients will be asked for permission to share their record at
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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,
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NHS Choices £80m contract award imminent

The Department of Health is this week expected to announce the winner of the three-year, £80m contract to run NHS
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Darzi’s report for the digital generation

The final report of the Next Stage Review of the English NHS sees technology-driven change as one of the challenges
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EMIS extends online patient record access

GP IT system supplier EMIS is extending its online patient record access service to all of its practices. Latest figures
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We live in digital times

Nick Timmins, public policy editor of the Financial Times, argues that the NHS has to succeed in digitisatising if it
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NHS Choices gets central role in future health

The DH's flagship website has been given a central role in Lord Darzi’s plans for reforming the health service in
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