Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICS has announced that its shared care record now shares five types of key mental health documents, to help provide instant access to more detailed mental health information.
The five documents being shared are: care plans; crisis plans; diagnosis extracts; risk assessment; mental health act notices. Each one accessible through the person summary dashboard within the shared care record, with the aim to give health and social care staff access to this type of information for the first time through the record.
The ICS noted: “The addition of these documents enriches the data already held and gives Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Shared Care Record users an improved holistic view of a person’s history and interactions between different services across our ICS area.”
Rob Nimmo, head of digital transformation within the trust, shared his thoughts on this upgrade via LinkedIn. He said: “A big thank you to all the teams involved in CPFT, Orion Health and of course our fantastic Programme Team! And we’re looking forward to many more new integrations over the coming months. Watch this space for more news as we continue to build a Shared Care Record to support the delivery of improved care and generate efficiencies across our ICS.”
Digital projects: the wider trend
For a recent HTN Now webinar we focused on early preparations for EPR implementation, whilst outlining some of the most common pitfalls to avoid. We were joined by Tara Athanasiou and Nick Robertson, director of advisory & strategic, and director of training & change at Ideal Health.
The Welsh electronic maternity record has started a national roll-out, first to Aneurin Bevan University and Cardiff and Vale University health boards, with plans for the digital system to be available across all health boards by March 2026.
In a HTN Now panel discussion from August, we were joined by Heather Young, virtual ward programme manager at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and ChristinaPrada, virtual ward service lead at Northampton General Hospital, to discuss learnings and experiences around virtual wards. The panel shared successes and challenges in their approaches to virtual ward programmes, including around information sharing, consolidating systems, and overcoming concerns about patient safety.
Discover more success stories with shared care records by checking out our HTN Now Awards finalists for this category. And keep an eye on our upcoming events to get involved in the conversation, including our next one on approaches to optimising and adding value to EPRs.
