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| The goverment is pushing ahead with the controversial electronic care records system - but has agreed to give patients a veto. | The goverment is pushing ahead with the controversial electronic care records system - but has agreed to give patients a veto. |
| Ministers said the system, part of a 10-year, £6bn upgrade of NHS IT, was about improving care. | Ministers said the system, part of a 10-year, £6bn upgrade of NHS IT, was about improving care. |
| It will mean doctors across England will be able to access records containing data on medication, allergies and adverse drug reactions. | It will mean doctors across England will be able to access records containing data on medication, allergies and adverse drug reactions. |
| But patients will be allowed to veto their records being shared nationally. | But patients will be allowed to veto their records being shared nationally. |
| Doctors and patients have expressed fears a compulsory electronic record system could damage the GP/patient relationship, and compromise confidentiality. | Doctors and patients have expressed fears a compulsory electronic record system could damage the GP/patient relationship, and compromise confidentiality. |
| Pilots will start in the spring, and the government is also setting up an advisory group to look at how just the veto can be achieved. | Pilots will start in the spring, and the government is also setting up an advisory group to look at how just the veto can be achieved. |
| The U-turn was prompted by a report led by Patient's Tsar Harry Cayton. | The U-turn was prompted by a report led by Patient's Tsar Harry Cayton. |
| How more sensitive data, such as HIV status, will be held electronically is still being considered. | How more sensitive data, such as HIV status, will be held electronically is still being considered. |
| Health Minister Lord Warner said: "We are going forward cautiously. We believe that despite the noise it has generated patient care records will be of huge benefit to patients' care. | Health Minister Lord Warner said: "We are going forward cautiously. We believe that despite the noise it has generated patient care records will be of huge benefit to patients' care. |
| "We believe there are some myths about how effective the current arrangements are in regards to safety." | "We believe there are some myths about how effective the current arrangements are in regards to safety." |
| The new system will be designed to link more than 30,000 GP surgeries in England electronically to nearly 300 hospitals. It will hold records for 50m people in England. | |
| It is hoped it will make unscheduled treatment - including care in emergenices - quicker and safer. | It is hoped it will make unscheduled treatment - including care in emergenices - quicker and safer. |
| Ministers argued that the current record-keeping system, which uses paper records, desperately requires modernisation. | Ministers argued that the current record-keeping system, which uses paper records, desperately requires modernisation. |
| However, a poll of over 1,000 GPs by the Guardian newspaper last month found half would consider refusing to put patient records automatically on to a new national database. | However, a poll of over 1,000 GPs by the Guardian newspaper last month found half would consider refusing to put patient records automatically on to a new national database. |