“The implied consent model for the Summary Care Record (SCR) looks set to be scrapped in favour of a simpler consent model following a recommendation from Connecting for Health’s advisory group.
Implied consent looks likely to be replaced by a model based on ‘consent to view’, providing a simpler more intuitive way for patients to decide who accesses their record.”
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Fiona Barr, e-Health Insider, 30 July 2008

