The Royal College of GPs has published a new paper which highlights an end to the standard 10-minute GP consultation to allow doctors to spend more time with patients with complex needs and by 2030 face-to-face consultations will be at least 15 minutes or longer for those patients who need […]
Primary Care News
NHS hospitals and GP practices to get fibre optic internet
Matt Hancock has announced plans to ensure every hospital, GP practice and community care service is able to utilise fibre connectivity. As the NHS takes its journey to cloud based web systems, ensuring healthcare organisations are utilising fast connections will be vital. The announcement stated almost 40% of NHS organisations […]
Thousands sign up for online GP service in Birmingham
A partnership between Push Doctor and Urban Health and I3 primary care networks, covering 13 practices and 88,000 patients now enables patients to make a digital appointment with an online GP. A pilot at Halcyon Medical surgery in Central Birmingham has been a roaring success said the partnership, with 34% of […]
TPP achieves GP Connect full roll out approval
TPP has achieved full roll-out approval for Access Record: HTML capability as part of NHS Digital’s GP Connect programme. The programme ensures that staff across the NHS can access vital information from GP practice records and TPP’s full roll-out approval marks a major step forward for the national interoperability initiative. […]
NHS Digital rolling out Schedule 2 and 3 Controlled Drugs via EPS
NHS Digital has announced the roll out of schedule 2 and 3 Controlled Drugs (CDs) via the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) following a successful pilot process. The pilot process tested the functionality across 64 practices from October last year. GP practices will be able to send all Schedule 2 & 3 CDs, […]
Humberside benefits from TPP and EMIS information sharing
Patients across the Humber are benefitting from more joined-up healthcare thanks to the rollout of a new initiative to share information between EMIS Health and TPP. The integration means healthcare professionals can now see up-to-date information about their patients, even if they’ve been treated somewhere else where their medical records […]
NHSX unit launched to oversee digital
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 […]
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 […]
