NHS Digital has announced a total of 150 acute hospital trusts and 7,110 GP practices have made the move to sending and receiving all first outpatient appointments through the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) and managed to beat the 1 October deadline to fully move to e-RS. Trusts that have already […]
Primary Care News
First digital screening template for homeless people
A UK charity has introduced the first dedicated digital health-screening template for homeless people – enabling hospitals to better care for the estimated 4,700 people sleeping rough on UK streets. The homeless health charity Pathway developed the template in partnership with EMIS Health, working together with 11 specialist homeless healthcare […]
HTN partners with eGPlearning
To support the sharing of health tech news and insight we are delighted to have sponsored eGPlearning a Podblast series to help clinicians and patients learn and understand about health technology and the implications for UK primary care and health care. The eGPlearning podblast is cohosted by Dr Hussain Gandhi […]
Servelec and Microtest announce Mental Health and GP system integration
Servelec and Microtest have successfully integrated the Servelec RiO electronic patient record product for mental and community health with Microtest’s Open Evolution clinical IT system for GP practices to support the sharing of patient records. This integration will provide RiO users secure access to clinical information held in Microtest’s GP […]
Creating a new IT ecosystem for General Practice
NHS Digital is taking the next step to create a more open, flexible and competitive IT framework for primary care. A Prior Information Notice has been published to launch market engagement activities for the new Digital Care Services framework. This new framework will replace the outgoing GP Systems of Choice framework […]
Every GP practice across London successfully makes switch to Electronic Prescription Service
GP practices across London have successfully made the switch to using the Electronic Prescription Service. A total of 1,311 eligible GP practices across London now use the service that means patients’ prescription can be sent directly from their doctor’s surgery to their pharmacist – without the need for paper prescriptions. GP […]
Real life GP data powers major anticoagulants study
Anonymised patient data from the records of 1,500 GP practices using EMIS Web has enabled a major new study for the National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) into the risks and benefits of modern anticoagulant drugs. Researchers used the QResearch database – which draws […]
Worcestershire CCGs use advanced GP telephony
South Worcestershire, Redditch and Bromsgrove and Wyre Forest CCGs are rolling out advanced cloud-based VOIP telephone services across the region’s GP surgeries. The move will provide patients with easier access to healthcare, staff with the ability to work more efficiently and remotely, and doctors with a cost-effective platform to reduce […]
Opinion Piece: Practices need to seize the opportunity of consolidating IT systems
The trend for surgeries to become part of wider networks or federations of practices creates a great opportunity for them to use technology to work more effectively with their patients and peers, argues Paul Bensley, managing director of X-on. Increasing numbers of GP practices across the UK are looking to […]
Microtest wins over 100 new GP practices in Wales
111 GP surgeries in Wales have chosen Microtest as their clinical IT system supplier, following presentations across the country over a three – month period. Almost two thirds of EMIS Health practices in Wales have elected to migrate to Microtest Open Evolution, as well as some practices which currently use […]
