Transport planning to harness emerging transport technologies
Transport planning will be required to harness emerging technologies and address a range of challenges and changes facing the transport sector.

A POSTnote which explains the plans to introduce electronic health records for everyone. As well as background on what information such records will contain, the paper discusses the opportunities and challenges implementing them will involve.
Electronic Health Records (490 KB , PDF)
Electronic health records contain information about patients’ medical histories, health, care preferences and lifestyles (such as diet and exercise). It is intended that they will eventually be accessible to primary, secondary and social care providers, as well as to patients themselves. The NHS currently holds patient information in a variety of settings, both in paper form and electronically. Some health records are already stored electronically by GPs, hospitals, mental health providers and in some community care settings, but in a variety of formats which cannot always be easily shared. NHS England intends to connect electronic health records across primary, secondary and social care by 2020.
Health Secretary outlines vision for use of technology across NHS, September 2015
This system would allow people to monitor their own health and it is proposed that it will improve patient safety and health outcomes. Electronic record keeping would also aid the collection of health data for research, and inform the commissioning of health and care.
However, there are a number of challenges which are discussed in detail in the briefing:
Electronic Health Records (490 KB , PDF)
Transport planning will be required to harness emerging technologies and address a range of challenges and changes facing the transport sector.
This POSTnote will summarise the factors that affect winter mortality. It will outline evidence for policies to prevent excess winter deaths.
This POSTnote summarises the potential benefits, barriers, and negative consequences of digital transformation in central and local government.