Lending your smartcard to anyone else is a disciplinary offence: check the T&C. Presumably this means that CQC inspectors would need RA02 consent put on their smartcard to allow record access for each and every practice they visited - and a sponsor within the practice? Any practice managers on this list? Mary Hawking Will I be seeing you at the PHCSG Confernce on 9-10th October? http://phcsg.org/agm-2014/ _____ From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Trefor Roscoe Sent: 07 October 2014 17:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: CQC inspectors accessing GP patient records:what about "Fair Processing" They will have to use their smart cards or they will not get access From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adrian Midgley Sent: 07 October 2014 17:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: CQC inspectors accessing GP patient records:what about "Fair Processing" It needs to be automated. At present we make an entry in the notes naming the person and authority. Really shouldn't CQC be going in on their smart card, not somebody else's though? Even if it does say access all areas.