“The Department of Health is restarting its summary care record (SCR) programme, with the plan to establish a market of services allowing patients to access their data.
As announced by a review which reported to health minister Simon Burns last October, patients will still have to opt out of SCRs, but the government is making the process easier by including the form and a prepaid envelope with a simplified version of the letter informing patients that their records will be uploaded, following a review of the process.”
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SA Mathieson, The Guardian, 31 March 2011
