In this episode of Health on the Line, host Adam Brimelow explores one of the most ambitious and controversial elements of the government’s 10 Year Health Plan: the Single Patient Record (SPR). 

Designed to give patients and clinicians access to joined-up digital health information through the NHS App, the SPR promises safer, faster and more coordinated care. 

But after years of failed NHS IT programmes and growing public concern over data sharing, can the NHS really deliver on its ambition? 

Adam is joined by Alex Lawrence from the Health Foundation, Dr Neil Modha, GP at Thistlemoor Medical Centre Peterborough and Jim Ritchie, CCIO at Greater Manchester ICB, to unpack the opportunities, risks and realities behind the plan. 

Health on the Line is an NHS Alliance podcast, produced by Health Comms Plus. 

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