Health Bill: single patient record - fact sheet - GOV.UK [*see note below]
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-bill-single-patient-re...
HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com
[*Note from HIFA moderator (NPW): Thank you Richard. This is an important development and relates to our recent Spotlight on Patient Safety, sponsored by WHO. Here is the opening paragraph: 'Too often, patients experience care which is not joined up, having to tell their story time and time again when they meet a new clinician. This is not just an inconvenience: it puts patient safety at risk. When clinicians do not have all the relevant facts available, they cannot make the best decisions, and patients lose out...'
I would add: 'Too often, patients experience care which is not informed by the best available evidence. This is not just an inconvenience: it puts patient safety at risk. When clinicians do not have all the relevant information available, they cannot make the best decisions, and patients lose out...']