Monthly Archives June 2021

GPDPR – National Data Collection

GPDPR – National Data Collection

June 21, 2021

General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR)   “The current system for collecting patient data is over 10 years old and now needs to be replaced. NHS Digital will now be introducing a new, improved system to collect this data, ‘GP Data for Planning and Research.” – Simon Bolton, CEO NHS Digital NHS Digital’s daily collection of GP data will support vital health and care planning and research. https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/general-practice-data-for-planning-and-research   The data held in the GP medical records of patients is used every day to support health and care planning and research in England, helping to find better treatments
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Join the COVID-19 vaccine booster comparison study

Join the COVID-19 vaccine booster comparison study

June 14, 2021

Comparing COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations (COV-BOOST) www.covboost.org.uk/participate-devon What is the purpose of this research trial? There are now a number of vaccines that have been approved in the UK to prevent COVID-19 and other vaccines that are still in UK clinical trials but which may be approved later in the year. Millions of people have now received their first 2 vaccinations, which we call a “prime-boost” course. There were 2 vaccines used by the NHS to deliver an initial prime-boost during the first part of the NHS immunisation campaign: ChAdOx1-nCov19 (commonly known as the “Oxford vaccine”), and BNT1162b2 (commonly known as
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