The GP practice sharing data to transform care for homeless people

Pooling information from across the public sector - dentist, hospital, psychiatric services - is improving lives in BristolSteve Benson* is happy. He’s just come out of a a 10-minute consultation with a GP he has never met, yet she was able to instantly pinpoint the help he needed. Thanks to the data sharing system being pioneered at BrisDoc, Bristol’s homeless health service, he didn’t have to go over his story yet again.For this 45-year-old, whose home is a tiny tent in Brist