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About the Author
Stephen Critchlow is the Founder and CEO
of Evergreen Group – compromising of
three brands – Evergreen Life, a personal
health record app used by over half a
million people in the UK; Evergreen
Energy, helping individuals and
businesses take control of their energy
supply, and Evergreen Smart Power –
an innovative energy business
designed to load balance domestic
energy.
Stephen Critchlow
Founder & CEO
Critchlow initially founded healthcare
software company Ascribe in 1989,
with a vision to ensure all health
decisions were informed at the point of
care. This business served more than
75% of UK hospitals as well as hospitals
overseas. Critchlow grew the business by
acquiring 9 other companies, employing
270 staff and was eventually listed on the
AIM market. In 2013 Ascribe was acquired by
fellow healthcare software provider EMIS Group
in a sale worth an initial £57.5m. After the sale,
Critchlow then went on to set up ASC Renewables,
a pioneer for renewable energy which he is now in the
process of scaling as the Evergreen Group.
Critchlow has also invested in other sustainable businesses and ventures
that align with his vision and provides ongoing mentorship to, including
SuperCarers, Open Bionics and Switchee. Critchlow was awarded Icon of the
Year – North Region in the Barclays Entrepreneur Awards 2018.
1. Stop all hand-written health records within two years
including notes and any personal information
2. Make all health data, as it is created, available via a
standard interface to any organisation the patient wishes
to share it with and offer a copy for their personal health
record so that they can share it as and when needed
3. Halt the delivery of the NHS App (technology which is
already available and proven) and instead provide an
integration layer for all app providers
Health information should be owned and controlled by
us
Most people don't get care just from the NHS; social
services provide care and often use different systems, and
most of us travel and receive private healthcare at some
point in our life. IT systems are managed separately for
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each country in the UK. We also get private care and we
now record information ourselves from steps and weight to
blood pressure.
The NHS is only one provider of health data. We all want
all our health data to be available and we want to take this
anywhere to be treated in England or not, private or not.
This, together with the fact that not all NHS organisations
have the permission to share data with each other shows
that the only real way we can have a complete record is if
we have a record owned and controlled by us. By doing this
we can also solve the problem that the NHS has not yet got
a single record for us and take information each time we
use an NHS service instead. By moving towards a more
personalised approach when it comes to owning and sharing
health records, more accurate, up to date information will
help improve care outcomes for people.