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The creation of the central electronic patient record in regions where it had planned for an accelerated implementation has been suspended by the Department of Health. The BMA (British Medical Association) was informed that the work would stop in the identified regions until appropriate public and professional awareness has been raised. This was after the BMA had called for the halting of developments, claiming that patients had not been informed. A BMA spokesman said it welcomed the decision by the DoH to suspend uploads. The creation of records will continue in early adopter areas and will only be suspended in five ‘accelerated work’ regions.