Digital Health August 4, 2025
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The success of the single patient record – the “foundational idea” in the NHS 10 year health plan – depends on patient power, writes Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

People believe a single patient record already exists – until they become a patient. Then they see the madness of healthcare: every specialist maintains a separate set of records. Your GP is but one specialist of many. All of them chose their records system to support their billing, not your care. None of them knows what the other specialist is doing to you. This happens in every country.

For most healthcare – including the care provided to people with diabetes, heart disease, asthma, and every long-term condition – what you do at home...

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