Dossier
Single Patient Record
Coverage of Single Patient Record in the Nexus archive.
- Listen up, England. The Health Secretary is going to be data controller for everyone's Single Patient Record
Health Secretary James Murray announced he will act as a data controller for England's Single Patient Record (SPR), a system requiring all NHS providers to share patient data. The SPR aims to improve healthcare safety by allowing professionals to access medical histories without patient repetition, but the British Medical Association raised concerns about data oversight and confidentiality.