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NHS set to introduce Single Patient Record
The NHS Modernisation Bill brought forward in the UK Parliament on Thursday 14 May will introduce the Single Patient Record, allowing fragmented health information to be joined up around the country, and will cut layers of bureaucracy so more time and money can be spent on frontline services. The Single Patient Record will mean all
NHS providers – including hospitals and GPs – will have to share data so the right doctors, nurses and specialists across England can securely see a patient’s full medical history – no mater where they are treated. Clinicians will benefit from improved access to records as early as 2027 for specialities including maternity and frailty care. For patients, this means they won’t have
to repeat their story unnecessarily. It will result in safer, more coordinated care, with clinicians having the full picture when and where it’s needed. For clinicians it means no more working with missing information or having to check in multiple places to find the same data, while it will mean greater efficiency and fewer costly mistakes for the NHS as a whole. The Bill will also formally transfer NHS England’s functions into the Department
of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the wider systemsystem. Abolishing NHS England aims to reduce duplication and free up resources to be reinvested in the frontline, with less time spent on administration, and more time focused on delivering care. The Bill will enable information related to
a patient’s health and care to be processed for the purposes of establishing and operating the Single Patient Record but will be robust to the threat of data breaches with public and healthcare professionals consulted throughout its design. Dr Alec Price-Forbes, National Chief
Clinical Information Officer at NHS England, said: “The Single Patient Record will be available to all health and care staff in real time, meaning patients get higher quality, safer, joined-up and more personalised care.”
Specialist online training for NPT
LabWise Academy, an Irish-based specialist education platform for medical scientists and laboratory professionals, has launched a new online course focused on IT connectivity in near-patient testing (NPT) – a topic that sits at the intersection of clinical practice, regulatory compliance, and digital health integration. The course, IT Connectivity in Near-
Patient Testing, has been developed by Carole Gough (pictured), a medical scientist with over 15 years of experience spanning point-of-care testing implementation, IVD diagnostics, middleware deployments, and healthcare change management. It is designed to fill a practical knowledge gap for scientists and managers who are increasingly responsible for connecting analysers, middleware, and laboratory information systems - but who have rarely had access to structured, clinically grounded training on the subject.
The course is available
through Labwise Academy, where a waitlist is currently open ahead of full enrolment. Waitlist members receive an early access discount. Two companion courses: Stakeholder Engagement and Management in POCT; and Risk Management as a Lever for Project Approval, are
also available on the platform, and a two- course bundle option is offered for those seeking a more comprehensive foundation in POCT project management. Labwise Academy was established
to address the shortage of specialist continuing professional development available to POCT professionals in Ireland and the UK, outside of manufacturer-led training. All content is developed and delivered by practitioners with direct clinical and commercial experience in the field. For further information or to join the waitlist, visit
www.labwise.ie.
June 2026
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