Hunt: NHS data protection fear must end Jeremy Hunt has attacked a “computer says no” NHS culture that stops doctors and nurses sharing life-saving information about patients. Staff will be given an explicit duty to be more open with patient records when it could improve care, the Health Secretary announced yesterday. Mr Hunt said it was unacceptable that patients failed to get the treatment they needed because bureaucratic rules on data protection meant organisations refused to share data. “There are examples where people have been overzealously interpreting rules on data protection without thinking about what the interests of the patients were,” he said. Senior doctors complain that data protection has become the “health and safety of the NHS” as inflexible procedures get in the way of common sense. Patients arriving in A&E often suffer because staff there struggle to access GP records on allergies and existing conditions because of IT failures and confidentiality concerns. thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/news/article3867636.ece
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:43:32 +0000
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