{"id":10190,"date":"2025-11-26T14:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/article-single-patient-record\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:20:32","slug":"article-single-patient-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/article-single-patient-record\/","title":{"rendered":"The SPR should build on shared care records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_id=&#8221;magazin-titel&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lichtgrau&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;headline-xl&#8221;]<span class=\"cf0\">The <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">single<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patient<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">record<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">should<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">build<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> on <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">shared<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> care records<\/span><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment -->[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;introduction&#8221;]<span class=\"cf0\">In an <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">opinion<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">article<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">published<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> on digitalhealth.net, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">vitagroup&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> CCO Matt Cox <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">explains<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">why<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">single<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patient<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">record<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">must<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">build<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> on <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">progress<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">already<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">achieved<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">with<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">shared<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> care <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">records<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">. He <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">looks<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> at <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">architectural<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">choices<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">governance<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">questions<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, and <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">cultural<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">shifts<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">required<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">to<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">make<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> a <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">truly<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">sustainable<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> national <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">health<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">data<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">platform<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><!--EndFragment --><!--EndFragment -->[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;back-button-row lichtgrau&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689591697517{background-color: #f5f5f5 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-03138c92701b97cc2c0f87d7b408de4c.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-03138c92701b97cc2c0f87d7b408de4c > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}<\/style><div class=\"btn-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hip.vitagroup.ag\/en\/news-stories\/magazine\/\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-m link-hover-off tertiary small back \" id=\"default-btn-03138c92701b97cc2c0f87d7b408de4c\" title=\"Magazine\"><i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-arrow-12\"><\/i><span>back<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_id=&#8221;magazin-content&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lichtgrau&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><!--StartFragment --><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"cf0\">The <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">single<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patient<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">record<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">should<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">build<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> on <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">shared<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> care <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">records<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span class=\"cf0\">Shared<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> care <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">records<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">already<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> link <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">millions<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">of<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patients<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">professionals<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">. The <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">next<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">step<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">is<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">to<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">build<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> on <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">them<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">through<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> open <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">platforms<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, not <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">dismantle<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> a <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">decade<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">of<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">progress<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">writes<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> Matt Cox, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">chief<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">customer<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">officer<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> at <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">vitagroup<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf0\">England <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">is<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">advancing<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">single<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patient<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">record<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> (SPR) initiative <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">to<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">create<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> a <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">unified<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">patient-centred<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> digital <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">health<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">record<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">that<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">consolidates<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">data<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">from<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">across<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> NHS <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">services<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">from<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">hospitals<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">community<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> care <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">to<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">primary<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> care. <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">According<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">to<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> NHS England, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> SPR will <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">be<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">\u202f\u201ca <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">single<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patient<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">record<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">owned<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">by<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patient<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">shared<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">across<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">system<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, so <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">that<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">every<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">part<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">of<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> NHS <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">has<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> a <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">full<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">picture<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">of<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patient<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf0\">In <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">July<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> 2025, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">this<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">ambition<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> was <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">enshrined<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> in <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">the<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">\u202f10 <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">year<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">health<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> plan <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">for<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> England, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">which<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">commits<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">to<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">giving<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">patients<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">\u202f\u201ca <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">single<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">secure<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">authoritative<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">account<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">of<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">their<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">data<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> \u2026 <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">to<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">enable<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">more<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">co-ordinated<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">personalised<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">predictive<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> care\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><!--EndFragment --><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e461456f222\" data-id=\"69e461456f222\" data-height=\"40\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"30\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Read the full 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