PRESS RELEASE- 20,000 fewer A&E visits a year thanks to single patient record

NHS modernisation bill will introduce the single patient record, resulting in safer, more co-ordinated care for patients.

• Single patient record will mean people do not have to repeat their medical history to different NHS staff unnecessarily

• NHS modernisation bill will introduce reforms to support patients and ease burden on hospitals

• Expected to save NHS more than £20 million a year by reducing medication errors, adverse drug reactions and duplicate prescribing

Up to 20,000 fewer patients will have to go to A&E and 6,000 fewer will be admitted to hospital each year thanks to reforms made possible by new legislation marking the next step in the government’s plan to make the NHS in England fit for the future.

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