Summary Care Record Archives

22 July 2008

SCR could hold ‘end of life’ plans

The Summary Care Record (SCR) could be used to share end of life care plans and resuscitation details, according to

17 July 2008

GPs shape the future of health IT

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agency’s national clinical leads for GPs,

15 July 2008

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,

10 July 2008

NHS informatics review set to stress continuity

As part of the next stage review of the health service will see the publication of the blueprint for NHS

20 June 2008

Patient information easily obtained by phone

A team of doctors has warned that confidential patient information can be easily obtained from GP practices over the telephone

16 June 2008

GPs vote to halt Care Record Service development

GP representatives overwhelmingly backed a motion to call a halt to development of the NHS Care Records Service at the

11 June 2008

FOI appeal on summary records legal status

A GP campaigning against the consent model for the Summary Care Record has taken his battle to the Information Commissioner’s

3 June 2008

Primary care following Fujitsu

Following the exit of Fujitsu from the NHS IT programme in the South of England, Fiona Barr explores what the

20 May 2008

Six Dorset practices added to SCR pilots

Dorset Primary Care Trust has announced staff at six more local GP practices will start to use the NHS Summary

16 May 2008

No GP systems in Fujitsu’s NHS contract

Fujitsu, local service provider for the Southern Programme for IT, is not yet contracted to supply a GP system but