FOI/2025/26/246

Request

Question 1:

Are PATIENT NOTES* in your trust: all paper, all electronic, or a mixture of both? – Primarily electronic

If patient notes are primarily electronic:

When did the trust transition from paper to electronic? – c2014

 

What is the name of the electronic patient record platform used? – SystmOne and EMIS Web

 

If patient notes are primarily paper? – N/A

 

Are there plans to transition from paper to electronic? If yes, when? N/A

‘Patient notes’ here refers to written documentation of clinical encounters with patients, completed by a healthcare professional.

 

Question 2:

 

Are drug charts in your trust all paper, all electronic, or a mixture of both? - Paper

 

If drug charts are primarily electronic:

 

When did the trust transition from paper to electronic? N/A

 

What is the name of the electronic prescribing system used? N/A

 

If drug charts are primarily paper:

 

Are there plans to transition from paper to electronic? If yes, when? – yes 2026

 

Question 3:

 

Do the following departments in your trust use paper PATIENT NOTES

(either partially or fully)? N/A as stated above, all our departments use Electronic records

Please indicate

 

Yes,

No

 

Or

 

Not sure / Not applicable.

Inpatient wards - No

Outpatients - No

 

Question 4:

 

Do the following departments in your trust use paper DRUG CHARTS

(either partially or fully)?

Please indicate

Yes,

No

 

 

or

 

 

Not sure / Not applicable.

Inpatient wards - Yes

Outpatients – N/A

 

Question 5:

 

Are fax machines still used in any part of your trust? (Yes / No) - No