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10 January 2006

GP calls for judicial review of NCRS consent

A GP is calling for a judicial review of the government’s consent plans for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS).
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1 December 2005

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
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24 November 2005

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
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8 November 2005

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
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18 October 2005

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
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4 October 2005

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
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20 September 2005

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
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16 September 2005

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
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22 June 2005

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
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24 May 2005

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
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