Confidentiality

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Local sealed envelopes ‘probably safer’

A risk analysis conducted for NHS Connecting for Health has concluded that patient care would probably be safer using locally
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GPs threaten to block national patient database

One in two GPs have signalled their intention not to upload patients’ clinical details to the NHS Care Records Service
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Survey shows waning medical support for NPfIT

A picture of declining support among doctors for the National Programme for IT emerges from the latest Medix survey of
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BMA issues new guidance on NHS CRS

The BMA Chairman has written to all BMA members to provide them with guidance on the NHS Care Records Service
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Human change the ‘greatest challenge’ for NHS IT

Achieving changes in human processes to accommodate the IT revolution is perhaps the greatest challenge to the successful implementation of improvements in the
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Newspaper prints “opt out” coupons for Spine

A national newspaper is advising readers how to opt out of the NHS Summary Care Record (SCR) on the national
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Apollo patient data mining software may breach DPA

A primary care IM&T adviser has recommended that GP practices do not use Department of Health supplied software to extract
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Border control

Neil Versel finds out what barriers still need to be overcome before electronic health record sharing becomes common between European
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On the road

EHIPC talks to GP clinical lead Professor Mike Pringle about how CfH will use its new national GP engagement workshops.
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Granger compares BMA to the National Union of Miners

NHS IT boss Richard Granger has compared the British Medical Association to the National Union of Mineworkers, describing the influential
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