This week at home I received, along with a host of other junk mail, a leaflet from the NHS entitled "Better information means better care".
As a GP, and one with a special interest in medical information
technology, I was aware this was coming. However, when it arrived its
fair to say that I was disappointed in its "junk mail" format and that
it only seems to confuse the issue of electronic sharing of information
yet further.
So far, over the last year, we as patients have received letters about the Hampshire Health Record, the Summary Care Record, and now this Care.Data information.
In order to try to clarify NHS Data Sharing for our patients, I have written a page on our website providing a summary of these data sharing systems, with links to more detailed explanations. I hope this will help you understand the systems better. The web page can viewed here: http://www.waterfrontandsolent.co.uk/data-sharing
So far, over the last year, we as patients have received letters about the Hampshire Health Record, the Summary Care Record, and now this Care.Data information.
In order to try to clarify NHS Data Sharing for our patients, I have written a page on our website providing a summary of these data sharing systems, with links to more detailed explanations. I hope this will help you understand the systems better. The web page can viewed here: http://www.waterfrontandsolent.co.uk/data-sharing
Regards
Dr Sherwin
