sealed envelopes Archives

2 December 2009

Consultation on use of records

The Department of Health is to launch a series of pilots to examine how patients can opt out of having

29 February 2008

DH seeks tougher sanctions for security breaches

The government is seeking an increase in penalties for NHS staff that breach the Data Protection Act. Health minister, Ben

14 November 2007

Government rejects consent call for SUS use

The government has rejected calls from the Commons Health Select Committee to apply consent to the use of Secondary Uses

14 September 2007

Confusion surrounds Summary Care Record

Indecision about the Summary Care Record has led to confusion about its content and purpose, according to a report from MPs. The

19 June 2007

DH explains summary and detailed records

Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will

14 May 2007

Debate over legality of Care Record Guarantee

British data protection laws used to create the Care Record Guarantee could fall foul of new European Commission data protection

10 May 2007

‘Sealed envelopes’ on hold as policy debate continues

Local service providers (LSPs) are unable to deploy sealed envelope functionality because a clear specification looking at how the policy

13 April 2007

Lessons already being learned from early adopters

Dr Gillian Braunold explains how pragmatism and common sense are the touchstone of the summary care record early adopters, which

15 March 2007

Starting gun fired for Summary Care Record roll-out

The government’s ambitious plan for a national system of electronic summary care patient records (SCR) will begin trials tomorrow at

18 December 2006

Opt-out consent model to be kept for SCR

The government is to stick to its plan that patients must opt-out of the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS), although