NHS England has published an update on the Citizens’ Access programme, intended to provide patients with automatic access to their digital medical records, including new entries made to the GP record. The latest go-live date for the programme was 1 November 2022, however NHSE has stated that they recognise that […]
Primary Care News
Primary care automation pilots announced
A series of health tech projects have been announced through the London Digital First Primary Care Automation Grant programme. Announced by the Health Innovation Network, and supported by NHS England, each project will receive up to £65,000 to pilot automation solutions that support primary care. 11 projects are to receive funding, with projects […]
Royal College of General Practitioners releases statement on patient access to records
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has released a statement on patients’ access to their records. The statement notes that the RCGP has been “engaging closely with NHS England” over the plans to grant patients automatic access to their prospective records from 1 November 2022 and states, “The College […]
GP practices across South East Hampshire introduce SurgeryPods
A new technology called SurgeryPod has been introduced by GP practices across South East Hampshire to support patients, without clinical supervision or having to make an appointment, perform their own health checks. Supplied by Microtech Health, SurgeryPod helps to document patient data and take readings and measurements such as blood pressure, weight, pulse […]
Cambric launches image transfer tech for GP practices
Cambric Systems, a supplier of healthcare patient data software, has launched a solution to support GPs in sharing clinical images when referring patients to specialist services. Intended to be used by GP practices and clinics, the company is introducing the tech to support the transfer of clinical images, whether a […]
NHS England publish supporting GPs this winter plan with focus on data and digital
NHS England has outlined plans and actions to support general practice and primary care networks this winter. A letter from Dr Amanda Doyle, National Director, Primary Care and Community Services, sent to GP practices and primary care networks, highlights a series of actions to increase capacity outside of acute trusts, […]
Dr Nicole Atkinson on Nottingham ICS, digital primary care and more
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk! In this episode we interview Dr Nicole Atkinson, the South Notts Place Clinical Lead and NHS Confederation Primary Care Medical Advisor and GP. We talk about her role and career in healthcare, Nottingham ICS, digital primary care and much more. To start […]
HTN Digital Primary Care: babblevoice on advanced telephony in the age of PCNs
At HTN Now Digital Primary Care, we were joined by a team from babblevoice, the intelligent phone system designed to better connect GP practices, patients and staff. Commercial Director Antoine Lever led the session along with Account Manager Abishek Hemachandhar. Antoine began by sharing some background to babblevoice: he noted that GPs […]
HTN Digital Primary Care: Dictate.IT on documentation and digital dictation
For HTN Now: Digital Primary Care, we were joined by Jan Donnelly (Business Development Manager at Dictate.IT), Dr Senad Telalbasic (GP, Specialist in ENT Surgery and Medical Advisor) and Professor Vivienne Harpwood (Professor of Law at Cardiff University), for a discussion on the role of digital solutions in primary care […]
HTN Digital Primary Care: Dr Minal Bakhai and Dominic Vallely on improving the digital journey for patients
A session at HTN Now: Digital Primary Care was led by Dr Minal Bakhai, National Director for Primary Care Transformation at NHS England, along with Dominic Vallely, User Experience Lead at Digital First Primary Care Unit, NHS England. Minal and Dominic joined us to discuss how the digital journey for […]
