Support for accessing patient records

A new project has been launched to develop clear and easy to follow guidance for patients on the publishing, storing and sharing of health and social care records.

This will support the increasing number of patients who are accessing their records online

Dr Justin Whatling, vice chair for Strategy and Policy for BCS Health, explained: “We are very excited about this project and we are glad to have the support of the Department of Health Informatics Directorate.

“In our recent response to the Department of Health's ‘Liberating the NHS, An Information Revolution’, we concluded that to become equal partners in their health care, patients will require greater access and control over their records. 

“We identified the need to develop clear and simple guidance on how to use shared and patient controlled records effectively and securely.”  

The BCS is inviting individuals or organisations to tender for the contract. For more information, visit: www.bcs.org/dhid