Trusts push ahead with Summary Care Record rollout despite DH halt 2


Ian Quinn writes in the doctor’s magazine “Pulse”:

GP leaders have attacked NHS IT chiefs over trusts being left in a state of total confusion about the Summary Care Record rollout.

More than a week ago the Government ordered the uploading of care records to be suspended in areas where the DH had launched an accelerated rollout, after the BMA successfully argued that there had been insufficient consultation with millions of patients.

However, it has emerged that Connecting for Health has still not acted on the ruling to provide guidance to trusts about what they should do next, with some NHS bodies apparently pushing ahead with the rollout despite ministers’ intervention.

When contacted by Pulse, NHS East of England, one of the SHAs involved in the accelerated rollout, claimed that ‘no decision’ had been made about the continuing uploading of records, despite the BMA having being sent written confirmation from DH officials that the process would stop until further consultation had been carried out.


2 thoughts on “Trusts push ahead with Summary Care Record rollout despite DH halt

  • jill

    one is in this area of east sha, one heard of the opt out letter so last week posted it off since then thier are all together three areas need to opt out from, so download the from and will post of again and to the sha and doh just incase , my human rights for pricvy is baused as like before , when both two sets of ones medical records also contact very pirvte details , only to arrvie vai royal mail normal postal serivce and ripped open and a genurle note in print from royal mail , claiming they damged in thier psotal system, so now un officals know my privte meidcal info, yet the trust ,s of the nhs do not care about this, what abuse of ones trust.

  • jill

    one is in this area of east sha, one heard of the opt out letter so last week posted it off since then thier are all together three areas need to opt out from, so download the from and will post of again and to the sha and doh just incase , my human rights for pricvy is baused as like before , when both two sets of ones medical records also contact very pirvte details , only to arrvie vai royal mail normal postal serivce and ripped open and a genurle note in print from royal mail , claiming they damged in thier psotal system, so now un officals know my privte meidcal info, yet the trust ,s of the nhs do not care about this, what abuse of ones trust.

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