Digital test results access for patients
Dear Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust,
Please can you answer the following questions regarding the sharing of test results with patients.
Does your trust share test results digitally with patients?
What system do patients use to access their test results digitally? (e.g. PKB, EPIC My chart, Other - please state)
Please list which hospital departments are sharing tests results digitally?
Which results (if any) are not automatically shared digitally with patients?
Do you delay sharing digital test results? Please state how long this delay is (7 days, 14 days, 21 days, 28 days, or longer).
If you are not currently sharing test results digitally please state when you plan to start sharing.
Yours faithfully,
Michael Rose
Dear Michael Rose
Thank you for your request for information about Digital test results
access for patients. Your request was received on 17 September 2023 and
we are dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
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Dear Michael Rose
Firstly, I would like to apologise for the delay in responding to your
request.
We are aware that we have missed the legal deadline, the delay is due to
waiting for the information holders within the division to respond. I have
chased this up again today, and endeavour to respond as soon as possible.
We apologise for any inconvenience the delay may have caused, we do remain
committed to responding to your request and will respond as soon as we are
able.
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and you can contact them at:
Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113 or [1]www.ico.org.uk
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any queries, please quote
the above reference number in future communications.
Kind Regards,
FOI Officer
Information Governance Team
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QMC campus | Derby Road | Nottingham | NG7 2UH | Tel: 0115 924 9924
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Dear Recipient,
REF: DR88JC (FOI) - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
I am writing in response to your correspondence dated 17 Sept 2023
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Your request for information has now been considered. The Trust's response
is provided in the attached document.
Kind regards,
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