Keep throwing money at failed 12 billion pound patient system, say doctors, it will be worth it in the end

Over a third of doctors say that patient records and lab results ‘go missing’ at least once per day, despite the billions spent by the NHS on the central database for storing personal information.

Research by GS1 UK shows that every day, 20,000 doctors wait at least an hour for patient information, while 4,000 wait over four hours.  80 per cent of the doctors questioned admit that miscommunication during multiple shift handovers was causing difficulties in patient care.

However, even though the £12 billion already spent by the NHS on a electronic patient care record has failed to fix these issues, doctors continue to support its ongoing development.  48 per cent say that a fully functional database would make them work more efficiently.