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GPs are required from 2015 only to offer patients online access to the medication, allergies and adverse reactions in their summary care record, not to the complete record. [4] Jeremy Hunt announced in September 2015 that all patients will be entitled to read and write to all their NHS health records online by 2018. [5]
The NHS App allows patients using the National Health Service in England to book appointments with their GP, order repeat prescriptions and access their GP record. Available since late 2018, the app was developed by NHS Digital and NHS England. [1] The health ministers Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock both stressed their support for the project.
In 2019 only 10% of NHS trusts claimed to be fully digitised. The NHS Long Term Plan requires all hospitals to move to digital records by 2023, so clinicians can access and interact with patient records and care plans wherever they are. As of 2019, 62% of trusts have plans to digitise all their patient records. [11]
EMIS is one of the suppliers approved by the GP Systems of Choice and so funded by the NHS. Through its Patient Access service, EMIS was the first clinical system providers to enable patients to book GP appointments online and order repeat prescriptions. [11] Patient Access also enables patients to access their own records online. [12]
Access to data is available to NHS personnel anywhere in England, but only if they have had the correct access rights on their smartcard approved by senior management [citation needed]. Pharmacists in five regions were given read-only access in an NHS England pilot in October 2014 so they could verify and compare a patient's medicines during ...
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Visiting clinical staff can use IT equipment in the institution to access patient records. [3] SystmOne Maternity is used by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust for all their maternity services. [4] In England EMIS Health and SystmOne have a duopoly. The pair were paid £77 million for primary care software in 2018. [5]
The NHS Connecting for Health (CFH) agency was part of the UK Department of Health and was formed on 1 April 2005, having replaced the former NHS Information Authority. It was part of the Department of Health Informatics Directorate, with the role to maintain and develop the NHS national IT infrastructure .