NHS: Hospital Medication Debate

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NHS: Hospital Medication

Lord Flight Excerpts
Wednesday 9th April 2014

(10 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Jolly Portrait Baroness Jolly
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The noble Lord has me at a disadvantage because I have not seen the report to which he refers. I am sure that Parkinson’s UK is working with the research community to ensure that this is sorted out.

Lord Flight Portrait Lord Flight (Con)
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My Lords, are the Minister and the NHS aware of the new technologies which can deliver patients’ full medical records to a consultant’s iPad on the spot in a hospital? Is the NHS keenly pursuing those new technologies?

Baroness Jolly Portrait Baroness Jolly
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Certainly those technologies exist. I have seen some of them in action, and they are really impressive. Local hospitals are responsible for their own IT systems, and some are very much further ahead than others, but I am sure others are aiming to catch up.