GPs and hospitals in England to be required to share data to create single patient records
The Guardian World ·
GPs and hospitals will be required to share patient data under legislation to be announced in the king’s speech on Wednesday. …
GPs and hospitals will be required to share patient data under legislation to be announced in the king’s speech on Wednesday. Legislation to create a single patient record (SPR) for each person, which would be used across all healthcare providers, is part of a £10bn digitisation of the health service. The health secretary, Wes Streeting , said making the data accessible in one place would be a “gamechanger” that would save lives. …
Original source: The Guardian World