Summary Care Record

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Reflection needed on SCR report says director

The clinical director for the Summary Care Record has called for a period of reflection in the wake of the
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Evaluating SCR options

A busy summer lies ahead as the implications of the evaluation of the Summary Care Record are considered, Fiona Barr
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Urgent review of SCR consent model recommended

The independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record has recommended an urgent review of its implied consent model and questioned
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Evaluation to recommend cautious SCR roll-out

The pace of implementation of the Summary Care Record (SCR) looks likely to be slower than originally planned after it
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Does Lorenzo mean the end of GP electronic patient records?

GP Mary Hawking asks whether the introduction of shared electronic records marks the end of GP electronic records as they
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GP contract to continue IT DES payments

GP practices will be able to continue to claim for work done under the IM&T directed enhanced service (DES) for another
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Pharmacists may get access to patient care records

The government has announced it will investigate how community pharmacy access to the NHS Care Records Service could be achieved.
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NPfIT progress so far

Gordon Hextall, NHS CfH chief operating officer and interim director of programme and systems delivery, sets out progress on the
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CfH says SCR audit trails ‘clunky’

Connecting for Health has acknowledged the audit trail facility in the first Summary Care Record pilots ‘has been clunky’, after minutes from
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HealthSpace wins clinician vote

HealthSpace, the NHS’s own personal health record project, has been voted the most exciting part of the NHS national IT
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