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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

Medical record errors ‘putting patients at risk’ – experts

Steps are being taken to make NHS records ‘paperless’ (PA) - (PA Archive)

Mistakes on medical records can put people’s health “at risk”, experts have said, as a new poll revealed almost one in four have found errors in their personal documents.

Healthwatch England has urged the Government and NHS officials to “get the basics right” as steps are taken to make patient records paperless.

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