InterSystems UKI has connected the Medicus GP systems within the West Midlands Shared Care Record, and noting plans for further integrations.
Earlier this month, European AI and digital health company Doctolib, announced an investment into Medicus with commitments of over £100 million, to hire 150 people and establish a full R&D centre in London. “Doctolib and Medicus will build on the strong product, team and understanding of NHS primary care that Medicus has built, while bringing Doctolib’s AI and technological expertise and track record with more than 40,000 GPs in Europe,” Doctolib stated in the announcement.
Medicus will continue to operate with its team, including its CEO and founder, with an aim to grow following being the first new GP clinical software system in the NHS in 25 years. The offering for GP practices includes a platform incorporating functionality across scheduling, documentation, care coordination, patient follow-up, and more. Moving forward, there will be a focus, according to the suppliers, on practical use cases such as documentation support, workflow automation, and administrative assistance for GP teams.
Now, with the system’s deployment into the West Midlands, and further plans to expand to the Norfolk and Suffolk region, InterSystems shares: “This shows that next‑generation GP systems can integrate at scale into ICS infrastructure, supporting real‑time access, shared records and joined‑up care across settings.”
Wider trend: Digitising primary care
HTN was joined for a recent HTN Now webinar by an expert panel to discuss AI in primary care, covering successes and challenges with implementing AI in primary care, governance, adoption, and other practical learnings. Katie Baker, director UK & Ireland of Tandem Health; Mateen Ellahi, GP and member of NHSE primary care advisory group, South Stockton PCN, Elm Tree Surgery; and Paul Miller, head of IT at Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB made up our panel.
NHS England has published its latest changes to the GP Contract for 2026/27, looking to build on existing work around improving access for patients, and making changes to QOF, vaccinations, and “enabling practices to prioritise clinically urgent needs”. Investment in the contract will increase by £485 million in 2026/27, NHSE shares, bringing the total contract value to £13,863 million, and offering “a 3.6 percent cash growth or 1.4 percent real terms growth relative to the GDP deflator”.
Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) ICB has published a contract with a total value of £5.2 million, seeking an IT provider to support with GP IT modernisation in alignment with the Primary Care Digital Services Model. The ICB focuses on securing the right technology and support for GP practice and PCN staff, with the selected supplier to deliver “a stable, flexible IT system to support a collaborative, productive workforce”. Key requirements include supporting the ability for staff across the system to work from any location, ensuring mobile devices can interface with functionality and software in practices, and enabling certain IT tasks to be undertaken locally by practice staff to reduce delays to end user local service provision Suppliers should also be able to leverage the benefits of cloud architecture to deliver “innovative” GP IT support, according to the ICB.
The HTN Primary Care Awards for 2025/26 celebrated innovation and digital transformation across the primary care space. We had an incredible response that saw some amazing entries from across the primary care arena, demonstrating GP practices, primary care networks, integrated care boards and suppliers, who have delivered improvements in primary care. Learn more about the winning entries here.
