GPs and hospitals in England to be required to share data to create single patient records
Key takeaways
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleGPs and hospitals will be required to share patient data under legislation to be announced in the king’s speech on Wednesday.
- Legislation to create a single patient record (SPR) for each person, which would be used across all healthcare providers, is part of a £10bn digitisation of the health service.
- The health secretary, Wes Streeting, said making the data accessible in one place would be a “gamechanger” that would save lives.
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The legislation aims to spare patients from constantly having to repeat their medical history when turning up at hospital or being discharged back to their GP. Photograph: parkerphotography/Alamy View image in fullscreen. The legislation aims to spare patients from constantly having to repeat their medical history when turning up at hospital or being discharged back to their GP. Photograph: parkerphotography/Alamy NHSGPs and hospitals in England to be required to share data to create single patient recordsWes Streeting says legislation will save lives, but GPs are concerned about liability for errors introduced by other providers
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleGPs and hospitals will be required to share patient data under legislation to be announced in the king’s speech on Wednesday.
Legislation to create a single patient record (SPR) for each person, which would be used across all healthcare providers, is part of a £10bn digitisation of the health service.