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. I rarely listen to Jeremy Vine, however. On yesterday's programme I learnt that the planned joined up computer system was never built. Due to an uproar by the public - worries about information shared etc.. Did any1 hear it?
Even within Health Authorities different computer systems are in place so Surgery can't take to Surgery or to the hospitals. One GP was interviewed, his computer regularly crashes and sometimes takes 25 mins to reboot. Now given that each patient is 'allowed' 10 mins per appt.
. His Mum was in Hospital and given the 'wrong' medication due to ICU not being able to access her notes via computer - the question should be, why didn't someone ring her GP?
Another caller explained that on being transferred from 1 hospital to another - 25 miles apart - it took the notes 3 days to move across
. That could of course, be a matter of Life and Death. In my day we carried patient notes from Clinic, to Ward etc.; what's wrong with paper information as well? It is noted that medics rarely flip the computer screens back as one would turn paper records so a lot of information has been missed: i.e. medication, social situation, blood/X-ray reports ...........
Also, Project 2000 was never going to work. It takes 3 years to do a Nursing Degree B4 1 steps onto a ward these days. Until 1999 Nurses trained and were paid 'on the job'. England is now short of 50,000 nurses ........... however much money is poured into the NHS, it won't fill gaps.
