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Records management guidance and its implications for research

01 April 2008

Nurse Researcher

General

This paper discusses the Records Management: NHS Code of Practice (Department of Health (DH) 2006) and describes how it affects the management of data in research....

The summary care record explained

28 October 2012

Primary Health Care

A&S Science

An electronic record is being introduced for patients in England, to improve the safety and quality of patient care by making information about patients and their...

Developing multidisciplinary profiles in a day hospital

31 January 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The Ferguson Day Hospital provides a patient-centred, multidisciplinary service for patient assessment and rehabilitation. The authors describe the development of a...

Record keeping – just for the fun of it?

01 February 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

‘Record keeping’ in the title of an article doesn’t have too much of a lure to it does it? It is odd how something so essential somehow gets put to the bottom of the...

Role of effective documentation in emergency departments

04 June 2014

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Lord Laming’s report into the death of Victoria Climbié highlights shortcomings in the safeguarding of children, in part due to poor record keeping and information...

Staying informed: the value of summary care records

01 March 2013

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

To ensure that professionals have the information they need to care for patients, summary care records (SCRs) have been introduced across England. This article...

How wireless technology can work for service users

28 May 2010

Nursing Management

Feature

More than two years ago, NHS Ayrshire and Arran introduced a wireless system for recording patient details and views. As a result, nurses can spend the time they...

Using patients’ records as a source of data

26 May 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article discusses the use of patients’ records as a data source. It examines the ethical issues involved in using patients’ records, as well as their potential...

How summary care records can improve patient safety

09 April 2015

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Summary care records (SCRs), which have been created for more than 53 million people in England, contain clinical information from patients’ GP electronic records...

The patient handover: a study of its form, function and efficiency

20 September 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical research communication

This study investigates the nature of the ward handover report. It was undertaken following observations that student nurses seemed not to receive enough knowledge...