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NHS Connecting for Health and the National Programme for Information Technology

^1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
^2. Department of Gynaecology, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury HP21 8AL, UK Email: ian.currie{at}buckshosp.nhs.uk (corresponding author)
^3. Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Homerton Row, Homerton, London E9 6SR, UK

Key content:

• NHS Connecting for Health aims to introduce modern computer systems into the National Health Service (NHS) nationally to integrate patient care.
  
• The NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS) comprises national (the ‘Spine’) and local databases.
  
• The maternity Do Once and Share (DOAS) programme looks specifically at the needs of maternity units through locally based action teams.
  

Learning objectives:

• To understand how engagement with clinicians and representatives from the RCOG will be paramount in the successful development of the National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) in maternity care.
  
• To learn about the Secondary Uses Service (SUS), which uses anonymous patient data to study public health trends, efficacy of treatments and planning of NHS needs.
  

Ethical issues:

• What concerns will there be regarding breach in patient confidentiality with accessibility to electronic health records, particularly in obstetrics and gynaecology?
  

Please cite this article as: Khong S-Y, Currie I, Eccles S. NHS Connecting for Health and the National Programme for Information Technology. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 2008;10:27–32.

Keywords confidentiality / Do Once and Share (DOAS) / NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS) / NHS Connecting for Health / National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT)