Neurophysiology fax switch off: 31 March

February 19, 2019

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock has ordered a complete phase out of faxing in the NHS by April 2020.

NHS organisations will be required to use modern communication methods, such as secure email, to improve patient safety and cyber security. Information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/health-and-social-care-secretary-bans-fax-machines-in-nhs.

With this in mind, neurophysiology will be switching off their fax machines on 31 March and from 1 April fax will not be monitored.

Referrals for EEG and NCS/EMG are available on the connect homepage.

Note: There will be no change to this process once Unity is live as orders for neurophysiology are not part of the system. Neurophysiology reports are available via clinical systems, web portals and prism.net and currently IP reports are uploaded to CDA.

Please see Neurophysiology fax help sheet for more information or email swb-tr.SWBH-GM-Neurophysiology@nhs.net.