28 October 2024
Health professionals often receive requests from people who wish to access health records. These requests can include requests from patients to view or obtain copies of their own health record…
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27 August 2024
Introduction This guidance has been developed to assist GP surgeries in navigating the growing trend of patients requesting to record consultations. With patients increasingly using smartphones and other devices to…
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31 August 2023
The Caldicott principles and guardian roles explained The National Data Guardian (NDG) plays a crucial role in maintaining the confidentiality of health and social care services. Caldicott guardians oversee the…
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2 November 2022
An FMED 133 is a Medical History on Release from HM Forces and contains a summary of the individual’s service medical history, including details of disabilities, immunisations, clinical conditions and…
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15 September 2022
As of Monday 1 August 2022, deceased patient records NO LONGER need to be printed and sent to PCSE however, GP practices are required to respond to Access to Health…
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28 July 2022
With patient record access being switched on for all patients from November 2022, now is a good time to find out what your patients can see in the NHS App…
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