§ Baroness Noakesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will name the acute hospitals which will have implemented a level 3 Electronic Patient Record by April 2002; and what proportion of all acute hospitals this represents. [HL1228]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathCurrently five sites have full Electronic Patient Record (EPR) level 3 functionality out of 173 acute and multi-service trusts. These are Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Burton Hospitals NHS Trust, North Hampshire NHS Trust and the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. Many more are on route, having implemented the order communications and results reporting elements of EPR level 3.
We are currently reviewing the way level 3 EPR can be assessed in the light of operational experience, which shows that NHS trusts choose different routes to EPR-based local priority. It is important that these decisions are made on the basis of local circumstances.