Response to MEDIX survey
NHS Connecting for Health engages in active and on-going consultation with a wide range of clinicians, across all elements of the National Programme for IT, both in the development of systems and in their on-going use.
Only last Thursday, 200 clinicians gathered in London to meet with the Programme's senior management.
We take the views of the public, patients and front-line NHS staff very seriously. We would view these results in light of what patients tell us.
For example, on the positive contribution Choose and Book has made to patient referral times, and the early signs from those areas introducing the Summary Care Record about the improvement this will make to patient safety.
In the light of all of this wider experience and evidence, the results of the MEDIX survey do not appear to reflect the general picture on the ground, or chime with other recent comprehensive surveys.
