Summary Care Record Archives

4 March 2008

Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.

4 March 2008

Connecting for Health has defended the decision to allow healthcare assistants to access Summary Care Records (SCRs) in accident and

29 February 2008

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

5 February 2008

A Conservative MP has opted out of the Summary Care Record and is encouraging his constituents to do the same.

22 January 2008

Connecting for Health has appointed two new GP national clinical leads – former EMIS national user group chair Dr Manpreet

10 January 2008

Connecting for Health has produced a new film detailing the experiences of patients and clinicians in the Summary Care Record

3 January 2008

Four-fifths of doctors are concerned that current plans for patients’ health records to be available from a central database –

2 January 2008

An estimated 200,000 people have requested or downloaded opt-out documents for the NHS Summary Care Record (SCR), according to a campaign group. The

21 December 2007

PCT IM&T plans for the next financial year must include the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and the full

20 December 2007

As the year draws to a close E-Health Insider casts an eye over the health IT developments that made the

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