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Scottish ECS study ‘will show benefits’

The lead author of a critical incident study of the Emergency Care Record in Scotland has said that it shows that
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ICO issues guidance on SCR opt-outs

GPs must inform their patients before carrying out a blanket opt-out of all their patients from the Summary Care Record,
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Fourth OOH centre gets access to SCR

North Staffs Urgent Care has become the fourth out-of-hours centre in England to give its clinicians access to the Summary
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Cundy advises mass SCR opt-out

A former chair of the BMA’s GP IT committee is advising GPs to automatically opt-out all patients from the Summary
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BMA says suspend access to SCRs

The BMA GP committee has learned that some Summary Care Records have not been updated, and is calling on the
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BMA calls for halt to SCR uploads

BMA GP representatives are calling on the government to halt the uploading of any more Summary Care Records while a
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Almost £100m spent on fast-growing SCR

Almost £100m has been spent on the Summary Care Record programme to date, and new figures have shown that 200,000
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ARM doesn’t call for end of NPfIT or SCR

Doctors’ representatives have stopped short of backing calls for the withdrawal of co-operation from the Summary Care Record programme. They
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20,000 SCRs viewed via Adastra system

More than 20,000 Summary Care Records have been viewed out-of-hours via the integrated solution provided by software supplier Adastra.
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GPs confident their data is fit to share

Four out of five GPs believe the quality of their practice data is fit for sharing, according to a survey
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