Dear fellow NTNM subscribers, I work to make IT in health and social care as accessible as possible. Despite teething problems, I think NTNM is fab, especially for the massive background work obtaining and preparing material - and a possible NHS model. Below is an invite to complete a survey on the use of email in care settings. Deadline is 5 October - apologies for the short notice. This is not directly related to NHS England's Accessible Information Standard - featured on this week's In Touch programme (BBC Radio 4, 8.40pm, Tue 30 Sept). However, Professor Carpenter (author of the below) and I are advisory Group members on that work too. Many, many thanks for your help, Howard (Leicester). We are emailing you to explore patient views on how email is used in health and social care. The PRSB (Professional Record Standards Body for health and social care) is leading this project (www.theprsb.org). The PRSB works to ensure that the requirements of patients and health and social care professionals are firmly embedded in information systems. We are developing guidance for health and social care professionals about the use of email to communicate patient information. Replacing paper communications with email would save the NHS over £100m per year. This questionnaire will help clarify when using email is/ is not appropriate and any concerns or issues this may pose. We would be grateful if you could take the time to complete a survey that will take you no more than 7 minutes. Click on the link below to access it. All answers will be completely anonymous. If you represent a patient or professional organization, you are welcome to submit an 'organisation' response. If you wish to do so, please email your response to mala.bridgelal_ram@xxxxxxxxxxxx If you use tools to aid accessibility, please contact mala.bridgelal_ram@xxxxxxxxxxxx for a plain text version of this survey. Please complete the questionnaire by 5 October. The Patient survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QT78H3P Many thanks for your help. Kind regards Iain Prof Iain Carpenter Chair, Professional Record Standards Body www.theprsb.org Associate Director, RCP Health Informatics Unit