Daily Archives: April 23, 2010


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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 […]

Trusts push ahead with Summary Care Record rollout despite DH ...