16 Mar 2007
The first live pilot of the electronic patient record system at the heart of the £12bn National Programme for NHS IT will start in early May.
More than 14,000 patients at two GP practices in Bolton are being contacted today about the plan and will have two months to opt out of the system if they want.
Name and address information is already held on the national data 'spine'. The next stage is to create a summary care record which holds information on the patient's allergies, adverse reactions and current medication.
From May all Bolton patients who do not opt out will have their data uploaded to the spine, which will then be accessible by relevant clinicians in the Primary Care Trust's casualty departments, out-of-hours GP services and ambulance staff.
The Bolton pilot is the first of seven expected to go live this year, prior to full roll out of the system from 2008.
Ambulance staff will not have secure access to the information. It is hoped that they will have access in the future.
The sysytem will also see identifiable medical data shared with those not directly involved in the patient's care. For example, it will be shared with staff at the Secondary Use Service and whomever they share it with.
The upload also excludes those aged under 16. Nobody seems to know what will happen to their data.
It will also be shared among other social services and the list is growing all the time.
Posted by: Dave 04 Apr 2007
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