Integrated Care

Kelsey: lives ‘ruined’ by lack of data

People's lives are being “ruined” by the NHS' inability to join up patient information, Tim Kelsey has argued in a
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First GPSoC integrations live

Two subsidiary GP systems suppliers have integrated their systems with those of principal suppliers for the first time under the
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Record sharing: TPP and Emis integrate

England’s two major GP clinical system suppliers are about to begin trialling a direct integration between their systems so GPs
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Patient data: not sharing a ‘breach’

GPs could be investigated for failing to share patient data when there is a duty to do so, according to
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LGA: ‘engage councils in roadmaps’

NHS organisations need to engage early with local authorities in the development of digital roadmaps, according to the Local Government
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Dumfries using patient identifying tool

NHS Dumfries and Galloway deploys NextGate's Enterprise Master Patient Index
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SNOMED to replace Read Codes by 2020

SNOMED to replace Read Codes by 2020 and primary care systems must move to the clinical terminology by the end
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EHI Awards 2015: Connecting Care wins

A shared care record scheme in the South West of England was the overall winner of the EHI Awards 2015,
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Pharmacists demand patient record access

Community pharmacists in the UK should have read and write access to full electronic records for their patients, says the
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NHS Number use becomes law

The NHS Number must be used as a single patient identifier across the health and social care system, under a
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