What do health and care professionals think about accessing the Great North Care Record?
1st December 2020
Since March 2020 we have changed the way that patient records are shared across the North East and North Cumbria. We began sharing GP records when the Health Information Exchange first went live in March. Since then, we have added data from NHS trusts from around the region. We have exceeded previous views of GP […]
Putting patients at the heart of the Great North Care Record
2nd November 2020
Caroline McGarry is the patient engagement lead for the Patient Engagement Platform project. Here, Caroline talks about one of the recent engagement sessions and some of the future work she is planning. The Great North Care Record is being developed further so it will allow patients to interact with health and care services digitally. It […]
Regional Clinical Safety Officer appointed
19th October 2020
We are pleased to announce that Dr Phil Stamp has been appointed to the role of regional Clinical Safety Officer. Dr Stamp is an accident and emergency consultant at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and has been a keen advocate for the Great North Care Record since its inception. His role will include overseeing clinical […]
What did the MIG ever do for us?
19th October 2020
Any excuse to get a Monty Python reference in – but we are at an important point in our history. So, what did access to the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) ever do for us? Well the short answer is – an awful lot. MIG has provided access to GP records in other clinical settings for […]
Ambulance Service sharing crew reports on the Great North Care Record
1st October 2020
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) is now sharing crew reports on the Great North Care Record. This is the 4th trust connection to go-live on the Health Information Exchange (HIE). Crew reports created by paramedics based in the North East will now be available to frontline staff in the North East and […]
Third trust sharing data on the Great North Care Record
23rd September 2020
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has become the third trust to begin sharing patient information as part of the Great North Care Record programme. The trust serves a population of 430,000 local residents and employs around 8,000 staff. Data sharing for safer care From Wednesday 23 September, patient records are available on the […]
Great North Care Record expands into Gateshead Council
14th September 2020
Adult social care practitioners at Gateshead Council are now able to access the Great North Care Record to help them care for their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. A group of practitioners working at the council can now access a sub-set of the Health Information Exchange (HIE) – the mechanism that patient data is shared […]
Health Information Exchange now accessible to more adult social care staff
7th September 2020
Adult social care staff at Durham County Council have begun to access clinical data on the Health Information Exchange (HIE) to help them tackle COVID-19. 25 team leaders now have access to a sub-set of clinical data on the HIE. HIE allows health and care records from different organisations to be viewed and shared as […]
Top ten benefits of using the Health Information Exchange: MIGrate to the HIE
25th August 2020
The way you view a patient’s shared care record in the North East and North Cumbria is changing. Since March 2020, the Health Information Exchange (HIE) has been adding more data from around the region to help make patient care safer. Previously only GP records were available using the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG). On 30 […]
Patient Engagement Platform FAQs
30th July 2020
The Great North Care Record aims to improve the health and care experience for the 3.6 million people who live in the North East and North Cumbria. The Patient Engagement Platform (PEP) is one of three projects making up the Great North Care Record Programme. We have exciting ambitions for the future of digital healthcare […]
