Mental Health

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Revised NCRS proposals allow for multiple summaries

The concept of a single summary record on the spine is to be replaced by a system that will allow
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Child health and social care data ‘must fit together’

The proposed national child index that will be used to record and share information about the statutory services being used
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Red rose rising

EHI Primary Care talks to Lancashire Care NHS Trust, the first mental health trust in England to receive a PAS
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National record content outlined by CfH

Information on mental health, sexual health and infections should be excluded from the initial summary record on the spine, Connecting
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Fingerprint health record access wins £3,000 prize

  A group of GP practices, which enable patients to access their records using biometrics and view health information and book
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Patients need reminders for online depression self-help

  Websites that only offer self-help for people suffering from depression can be effective as those that also offer external clinical
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Solving the maze

Gerry Yantis and Nikolai Segora from Capgemini argue for greater integration between IT programmes in primary care.
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Minister launches patient ‘guarantee’ on records

The government has published a series of commitments in the form of a guarantee on how nationally held electronic health
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Choose and Book may get mobile txt reminders

Plans are being drawn up to introduce a national automatic appointment reminder service to cut missed appointments by patients, a
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Awards gallery

Photos of the winners and speakers at last week's E-Health Innovation Awards ceremony in London, organised by E-Health Insider and
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