Selected items from the NHS England long term plan Part 7

[holyshedballs]

The long term plan wants to empower patients. One way of doing this to enable better digital integration. Note that the longtrem plan enables patients to add data that they chose to the record. Hopefully, this should end the uncertainty regarding private test results because patients can add information from monitoring devises. Together with the aim of not repeating tests, I think think this means that patient can add test results from UKAS accredited laboratories.

5.14. Support for people with long-term conditions will be improved by interoperability of data, mobile monitoring devices and the use of connected home technologies over the next few years. By 2020, every patient with a long-term condition will have access to their health record through the Summary Care Record accessed via the NHS App. This will also be available to all urgent and emergency care services, with appropriate permission. By 2023, the Summary Care Record functionality will be moved to the PHR held within the LHCR systems, which will be able to send reminders and alerts directly to the patient.

5.15. Patients’ Personal Health Records will hold a care plan that incorporates information added by the patient themselves, or their authorised carer. Making care plans available to the patient and all clinicians caring for them will help ensure care is not duplicated, tests are not repeated and appropriate actions are taken in a timely manner. The PHRs will also hold data that the patient chooses to share with the NHS, including from monitoring devices such as digital scales or blood pressure cuffs. Patients who choose to join a condition monitoring programme will be able to benefit from insights from these data and will be monitored for combinations of symptoms that may indicate clinical events and result in contact from a health adviser or clinician to help the individual stay well. Patients and clinicians will also be able to add information about living circumstances which may require reasonable adjustments to be made.

[nightingale-56]

Thanks for posting all this information holyshedballs . You have made it sound so much more readable than when I rad some of it on The Kings Fund website.

[holyshedballs in reply to nightingale-56]

It’s just my personal view other views are available but thanks