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Electronic SCRs progress improving care
Delivering a keynote speech at the UK Health Show in London, Eve Roodhouse heralded the progress in use of Summary Care Records (SCRs).
The NHS Digital executive director stressed the importance of investing in digital technology to ensure care settings are linked up and able to properly communicate with each other, focusing on the need for organisations to work in partnership to make technology and data work for the frontline and for patients.
Roodhouse said: "Every five seconds a clinician accesses an electronic Summary Care Record (SCR). This is important information taken from a patient's GP medical records, which can be accessed electronically by an authorised clinician anywhere in the country if they are directly involved in that patient's care. We are approaching universal coverage of pharmacies, with 96 per cent of pharmacies now live with SCR.
"We've been working with Gloucestershire CCG and the CSU to realise the benefits of uploading and sharing additional information across the health community. More than 16,000 records across the county have been uploaded in addition to the standard SCR data, with Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust leading the way with using this information to care for patients. With the support of the emergency departments, we supported the CSU in engaging with custody suites, the homeless centre and the Mental Health and Community trusts and we are now working with the ambulance trust to extend viewing even further."
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