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Written question asked by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 January 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 29 January 2016. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Thursday, 4 February 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Medical Records: Databases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has for the transfer of documents between GP surgeries when a patient moves to a different area.

Answer

The Department does not collect information on the time taken to transfer documents between general practitioner (GP) surgeries.

The GP contract requires GP practices to use the electronic facility known as “GP2GP” for the safe and effective transfer of any computerised patient records where they have access to this system. As at end September 2015, 97.2% of GP practices were using GP2GP. 5,859,890 patient electronic health records have been transferred by GP2GP to the patient’s new GP since 2007.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24595
Session
2015-16
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Databases General practitioners Medical records Location
Link
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