Implications of the changes to patient online records access in English primary care

Brian McMillan; Gail Davidge; Charlotte Blease; Jessica Watson

doi:10.3399/bjgp22X721205

Implications of the changes to patient online records access in English primary care

Brian McMillan, Gail Davidge, Charlotte Blease, Jessica Watson

Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care (L5)

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Abstract

NHS England have announced that patients in England registered for online services such as the NHS App will soon be able to see all new entries in their primary care record by default. This includes free text, hospital letters, test results, and new data added to the detailed coded record. Despite documented benefits of online records access for patients, primary care staff have raised concerns which can be grouped into issues around: 1) workload, 2) safeguarding, 3) patient confusion or distress, and 4) health inequities. This editorial examines each of these in turn, and considers what the future might hold for patient online records access.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	558-559
Number of pages	2
Journal	British Journal of General Practice
Volume	72
Issue number	725
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp22X721205
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

Keywords

Humans
Medical Records
Patient Access to Records
Primary Health Care

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Implications of the changes to patient online records access in English primary care

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