It’s universally agreed that there are good reasons to move to a paperless healthcare environment. The benefits are pretty obvious in terms of improvement to patient outcomes and patient safety, as well as cutting costs and inefficiencies. However...

By 2018 a paperless NHS will ensure patients only have to tell their story once: if you consent, your electronic care record will be available securely across most of the health system, and by 2020 across the whole of the health and care system, so that, when you need care, different health professionals have instant access to the information they need. This is something everyone who has ever been a patient will welcome.