2 June 2009

The great Communicator

A GP practice in Harrow has become the first early adopter site for HealthSpace’s Communicator tool, enabling patients and clinicians
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29 May 2009

Legal advice on SCR and Spine

GPs have been given medico-legal advice about the implications of using the Summary Care Record and uploading information to the
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28 May 2009

Consent back on LMCs’ agenda

Grassroots GPs are to return to the debate for an opt-in approach to the transfer of patient identifiable data and
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27 May 2009

CAF demonstrator details unveiled

The Department of Health has published an overview of the work being undertaken by the nine sites chosen as demonstrators
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26 May 2009

On the record

NHS Bolton was the first PCT to adopt the SCR. Fiona Barr asks how it is doing.
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26 May 2009

Patients will be able to delete their SCR

Patients will be allowed to request that their Summary Care Record is deleted after its creation, the Department of Health
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26 May 2009

Summary Care Record use jumps in Bolton

Use of the Summary Care Record by the out-of-hours service in Bolton has risen from 200 accesses a month to
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22 May 2009

GPs warned on honesty of claims

GP practices have been warned to take care when making claims under the Quality and Outcomes Framework given the current row over
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21 May 2009

Study finds issues with stroke triage

Software used by ambulance staff to triage calls misses more than 50% of people who have had a stroke, according
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20 May 2009

QResearch pioneer honoured

A GP who set up the QResearch database, using anonymised data from around 10m patients registered at EMIS practices, has
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