An Information Revolution
The NHS White Paper ‘Liberating the NHS: An Information Revolution’, sets out the Government’s vision for the modernisation of information management, in order to meet the aspirations outlined within ‘Equity and Excellence - Liberating the NHS’
It is consulting on changes proposed within Health services and adult Social Care services in England. The Paper outlines the need to utilise technology to facilitate greater service user control and choice, to increase comparability of services and to gather information on population need. Key elements of the paper include:
- direct access to health and care records for patients to enable greater control and understanding of their care, enabling them to share the information with others as they see fit
- greater use of technology to support self care/ care closer to home, with service users accessing treatment as well as information digitally
- developing the use of technology in recording outcomes (including Patient Reported Outcome Measures) and developing quality accounts, making these available as a comparator of services to enable informed choice by service users
- standardisation of record keeping and terminology for the recording of care
- potential use of datasets for use by local services, commissioners, researchers and universities.
View the original consultation: www.dh.gov.uk/informationrevolution
Download the College’s response to An Information Revolution
