The government has announced a newly formed organisation NHSX to oversee digital, data and technology. The new unit will effectively take a position above NHS Digital, who is believed will continue with its current remit. NHSX will take forward digital transformation in the NHS, allowing patients and staff to benefit […]
Primary Care News
Grant for tech start-up to help GPs identify rare conditions
Mendelian, a UK healthtech startup, has received over £500k, a grant from Innovate UK to build solutions that will assist GPs in identifying NHS patients who potentially have rare or hard to diagnose conditions and diseases. The grant is being used to implement the company’s specialised screening system, which provides […]
Babylon Health allowed to expand out of London
Babylon Health the virtual GP service has been given to go-ahead to expand to its second major city following leaders dropping their objections. The company is set to expand to Birmingham following NHS England confirming it had found a solution to its previous concerns around access to immunisation and screening […]
Matt Hancock: email must replace paper in the NHS
Matt Hancock during a speech at an NHS England conference has outlined an ambition for healthcare staff to email patients directly with information on appointments to reduce delays, boost cyber security and cut wastage. In the speech Hancock said “Email is as secure and cheaper than communicating through paper and fax […]
TPP and EMIS Health interoperability pilot delivers for Hertfordshire
Herts Valley CCG and Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust have carried out a successful pilot of patient information sharing between the SystmOne and EMIS Web systems, allowing users to view the complete community and GP records across the area. The project provided nine EMIS Web GP sites with the ability to view […]
NHS Scotland awards contracts for new GP IT Systems
A new framework contract to supply IT software to GPs across NHSScotland was awarded on 1 February 2019 to EMIS Health (Egton Medical Information Systems Limited), Microtest Ltd and Vision (InPractice Systems Ltd). The three successful suppliers will now develop their systems to meet the IT requirements of Scottish GPs […]
New general practice contract highlights importance of tech
A new five-year contract for general practice across England will see billions of extra investment for improved access to family doctors, expanded services at local practices and longer appointments for patients who need them. NHS England will also fund an addition of 20,000 more staff to help GP practices work […]
Surgery benefits from linking phone calls to patient records
GP Practice Montgomery-House Surgery in Bicester has connected its telephone system with EMIS. Steve Sharpe, Practice Manager said “We could only have eight phone calls going on at once. We could have gone to 30 through ISDN, but we would have had to pay a premium. Now, with Surgery Connect, we […]
Leeds first city to fully join up with GP Connect
NHS Digital has announced that all clinicians across Leeds will be able to access patients’ previous encounters with GPs, improving the data link between the care received at primary and secondary care. The GP Connect service allows GP practices and authorised clinical staff to share and view GP records digitally […]
What does technology enhanced primary care look like? By Dr Hussain Gandhi
Written by Dr Hussain Gandhi a GP in Nottingham and owner of eGPlearning – technology-enhanced primary care and learning. Contact @egplearning or @drgandalf52 or follow on YouTube : bit.ly/eGPlearningYouTube Consumer use of technology is driving UK healthcare in the NHS to now innovate and adapt to meet the wants and needs […]
