Published 15 July 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2812
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b2812

Letters

Summary care records

No enrichment without consent

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The Royal College of General Practitioners now seems to support the summary care record.1 As a college member, I am concerned that it may not have dealt comprehensively with enrichment—the addition of important information such as a disease summary, drug treatments, and allergies to the record. Bolton local medical committee opposes the enrichment of summary care records without explicit patient consent because of concerns about confidentiality.2

Patients need to know what is happening to their data. Let them decide. No enrichment without explicit patient consent.

Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b2812

Chris Woods, general practitioner1

1 Bolton BL1 3RG

christopher.woods@gp-p82022.nhs.uk

Competing interests: None declared.

  1. Gerada C, Field S. RCGP supports use of summary care records. BMJ 2009;338:b2516. (23 June.)[Free Full Text]
  2. Cole A. Sharing patient data should not be based on implied consent. BMJ 2009;338:b2441. (16 June.)[Free Full Text]

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