UHS lifelines as a framework Interface for the UK single patient record

Rew, David (2025) UHS lifelines as a framework Interface for the UK single patient record University of Southampton 18pp.

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Abstract

This paper was produced in response to a national invitation in July 2025 to submit proposals to The Single Patient Record (SPR) Development Team for NHS England, and to inform direct discussions with the Team in November 2025.

The software architecture of the locally developed UHS Lifelines Electronic Patient Record (EPR) interface at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust suggests a simple, scalable model for the integration of the diverse information sources which comprise a citizen's personal health record in a unitary overview and navigation space.

This approach is anticipated to bring significant structural, operational and efficiency benefits for healthcare teams, and far better oversight of personal health records for every UK citizen

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Published date: 16 November 2025

Additional Information: David Rew MA MChir (Cambridge) FRCS (England) Consultant General Surgeon, Southampton Hospitals And The Clinical Informatics Research Unit Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton (UoS) Former Member, Strategic Advisory Team for Healthcare Technologies UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Concept and UX lead for the UHS Lifelines Programme and Related Projects University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS), 2009 – 2023 (A UK Global Digital Exemplar Hospital).

Keywords: NHS Single Patient Record (SPR), UHS Lifelines, Electronic Patient Record (EPR), Timeline structured interface, Dynamic iconography, Integrated clinical record system, Principles of Data Visualisation, Multidimensional data interface