Patient records

Community pharmacists in Wales to have access to GP records by March 2018

All pharmacies with access to the Choose Pharmacy IT system in Wales will be able to access the Welsh GP record by March 2018, it was announced at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales Medicines Safety Conference on 29 November 2017…

RPS Scotland tells Scottish Parliament: we need direct access to health records

Pharmacists’ lack of access to health records puts patients at risk, especially during out-of-hours services, Aileen Bryson, RPS Scotland’s practice and policy lead, has told the Scottish government.…

New standards on sharing digital child health records launched

Information standards setting out how important information about a child’s health should be shared digitally among healthcare professionals and parents have been launched.…

Pharmacy2U not providing safe, effective or well-led services, CQC concludes

Pharmacy2U does not provide ‘safe, effective or well-led services’ in accordance with regulations, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found.…

Penicillin allergy often inaccurately recorded by healthcare professionals

Researchers find that only one-third of medical records accurately reflected patients’ reported allergic reactions to penicillin.…

Patient-centred online medical records get the green light in Wales

An online system that helps patients monitor their own medical records is being rolled out across Wales by the government following several successful pilots.…

Large pharmacy chains to set up ‘crisis team’ following cyber attack on NHS

The Company Chemists’ Association (CCA), a trade body that represents multiple pharmacy chains in the UK, is planning to set up a ‘crisis team’ in the wake of the malware attack that hit the NHS on 12 May 2017.…

ICO report warns pharmacies about data protection breaches

Losing confidential personal data when transferring patient records is one of the data protection breaches committed by community pharmacists, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office’s good practice department.…

Warning about potential data loss in pharmacies

I write to warn fellow contractors in community pharmacy about a major IT issue that affects storage of patient data. One busy afternoon last summer, our local area suffered a power cut. Normal service was restored three hours later but our pharmacy computer system could not reboot. I received…

Murray review of community pharmacy services will ‘direct’ government policy, says health minister

UK health minister David Mowat says that the Murray review into the provision of community pharmacy services will “direct” government policy.…