DoH launches White Paper consultations
The Department of Health has launched a consultation of health bodies on the proposals for patient care and information set out in the White Paper.
The White Paper proposals include plans to allow patients to choose services ‘from any willing provider’. They also suggest patients should be able to choose a provider for diagnosis and chose their health team for treatment, including mental health treatment.
Andrew Lansley said that the NHS will also lead an “information revolution”. Lansley said: “The information revolutions starts from the premise the primary use of information is to support the giving of high quality care.
“The most important source of data is therefore the patient or service users care record with data recorded once a the point of care.”
The Department of Health also published a summery of the responses to the consultation on enabling people to register with a practice of their choice.
