EHI is calling for readers to provide their views on the development of acute e-prescribing to inform a round table debate. (3)

GP Mary Hawking asks whether the introduction of shared electronic records marks the end of GP electronic records as they have been known to date. (10)

In the second of his columns as a grassroots GP, Dr Neil Paul describes a local project to share diabetes records. (2)

Free choice at referral takes effect this month. Fiona Barr looks at how IT will be used to deliver this flagship policy.