Boris Johnson’s decision to ease remaining coronavirus restrictions in England is prompting growing fear and calls for caution, fueling worries that a surge in infections will strain hospitals and undermine Britain’s economic…
A new system for extracting patient records has been postponed until the autumn, but GP anxieties about privacy, data security and liability remain, find Nicola Merrifield and Awil Mohamoud As a former home…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will not launch an inquiry into its process for inspecting GP practices, despite 145 GP practices calling for one in an open letter. In March,…
Now that the date for extracting patients’ data from primary care has been postponed, the government should use this time to to enable meaningful patient consent to be obtained, say…
DAUK expressed concerns that sharing patient data could erode the doctor/patient relationship. Read the full article here.
The NHS has reached a crisis point, from a toxic combination of chronic underfunding, a diminished workforce and increasing patient demands. As DAUK GP Dr Ellen Welch writes, doctors themselves…
