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Engagement at WCR

Last chance to give your views on sharing patient information

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There’s a final opportunity for people in Dorset to give their views on how patient information is shared by health and care services – and in particular, what would give them trust and confidence in how this is done and where they prefer to get this information from on this important topic.

It’s all part of a programme of research being carried out by our sister organisation, the Wessex Care Records (WCR) programme, with the results being used to develop a plan for future citizen communications and engagement on information sharing.

There’s been a great response to the Wessex Care Records citizen survey but there’s still time to complete it by the closing date of next Friday (19 August) – please feel free to share the survey with family or friends if you think it would be of interest.

There’s more information on this research, including some helpful FAQs on the Wessex Care Records website or get in touch with Tim Smith, Communications and Engagement  Manager for WCR.

 

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Wessex Care Records citizen engagement research

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Colleagues at our sister organisation, the Wessex Care Records, want to make sure that people across Dorset and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight understand how their health and care information is shared and have confidence that this is being done safely and securely.

To help to do this, it is carrying out some research on people’s understanding of, and attitudes to, information sharing by health and care services as well as where they prefer to get their information from. Continue reading “Wessex Care Records citizen engagement research” →

Tim Smith, Wessex Care Records communications and engagement lead

Sharing patient information across Wessex

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In our latest think-piece, Tim Smith, communications manager for Population Health Management Service for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board, highlights the ongoing work taking place to join up records across Wessex and writes about the importance of people understanding how their records are shared. His blog include a link to a survey for people to complete on their thoughts of records being shared.

If you are reading the DCR blog, you’ll probably already know that the Dorset Care Record enables sharing of patient information by health and care professionals across the county. You may also know that Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has a similar system called the Care and Health Information Exchange (CHIE).

But ill-health doesn’t recognise lines on a map. If I live in Basingstoke but have an accident on the A35 and get taken to hospital in Bournemouth or live in Dorchester but need to visit a regional specialist unit at Southampton General Hospital, my records can’t currently be shared ‘cross-border’ for my care and treatment. Continue reading “Sharing patient information across Wessex” →