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Copying letters to patients--will it happen?

Author(s) -

Ruth Boaden

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

family practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955

H-Index - 100

eISSN - 1460-2229

pISSN - 0263-2136

DOI - 10.1093/fampra/cmh710

Subject(s) - copying , medicine , subject (documents) , context (archaeology) , plan (archaeology) , set (abstract data type) , medical education , public relations , law , world wide web , computer science , political science , history , paleontology , archaeology , biology , programming language

The requirement for clinicians from all fields to offer patients copies of letters written about them to other health professionals was stated in the NHS Plan 1 and has been the subject of a series of pilot studies and a set of guidelines. 2 However, in the light of the fact that it has not been explicitly included in the detail of the new GP contract, 3 it is worth exploring whether as ‘good practice’ there is a strong case for copying letters to patients, given that it is not a contractual requirement for GPs. The context of the development of other national initiatives around patient involvement and IT may also lead to the requirement for copying letters being overtaken by

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