Tag: Northern
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Northern Ireland: patient records go digital in new ‘milestone’ – Community Practitioner
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust are launching their new electronic patient record called ‘encompass’ (early November) and will cease to use paper records. From this point onwards, health and social care records will be digital, meaning consistent processes and data. Professionals believe encompass will make service delivery safer, more efficient and effective. Numerous…
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Northern Ireland: concerns about cervical screening results – Community Practitioner
Around 17,000 smear tests to be reviewed after abnormalities may have been missed, says Southern Health and Social Care Trust. This comes after Southern Trust laboratory staff expressed concerns about some steps of the screening system in 2022. A further risk assessment report from the Royal College of Pathologists said that while most negative results…