Providing GPs and patients with more efficient ways of communicating is vital if this ambition is to be realised, argues Paul Bensley of X–on According to The King’s Fund, between 2010-11 and 2014-15, telephone contacts with general practice increased by 62.6%, compared to an increase of 13.3% in face-to-face consultations over the […]
Primary Care News
Tobias Alpsten, iPLATO: The benefits of health coaching
The prevalence of long term health conditions is on the increase, with latest figures showing that there are now 4 million people in the UK diagnosed and living with diabetes alone. Patients suffering from long-term conditions struggle to manage their disease effectively and yo-yo in and out of hospital […]
Digital tool to support better care for the vulnerable
An online frailty calculator developed by academics at The University of Nottingham will help GPs to identify their most vulnerable older patients for enhanced care. The QFrailty calculator combines complex information about a patient’s life expectancy and their risk of unplanned hospital admission over the coming 12 months. The QFrailty […]
How can GPs get the IT they need?
Dr Neil Paul, a GP in Sandbach and well-known columnist on primary care IT, says technology can help general practice to meet the pressures on it. However, he says this will take scale, funds and skills – issues that he will explore further at EHI Live 2017. General practice is […]
Practices to benefit from cloud based telecoms
Thousands of GP surgeries across the UK can now improve practice efficiency and gain more time to care for their patients through an agreement that will see the Surgery Connect telephone solution available directly through the EMIS GP clinical system. Surgery Connect, from X-on, is a cloud-based telephone solution that […]
Trafford CCG selects Lexacom 3 as their document creation system of choice
Lexacom, the provider of digital dictation and speech recognition, has been chosen to roll out Lexacom 3 to Trafford GP Practices. 29 Practices will be using Lexacom 3, enabling them to make referrals, create documents and record clinical notes more accurately and efficiently. Before Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) made […]
GP runs morning surgery on ‘patient power’
A GP in Greater Manchester harnessed the skills of his digital-savvy patients when a power cut brought his morning surgery to a standstill. Dr Amir Hannan, of Haughton Thornley Medical Centres in Greater Manchester, was able to continue consultations by viewing his patients’ medical records on their own smartphone devices, […]
iPLATO partners with Health Navigator
iPLATO Healthcare has announced a new partnership with Health Navigator, a leading health coaching service. The partnership will help iPLATO’s 15 million NHS patients across 1,650 GP practices in the UK access support and improve the management of their long-term health conditions. The Proactive Health Coaching (PHC) programme provides patients […]
NHS Wi-Fi rolled out to all GP surgeries
Every patient in England will be able to access free to use Wi-Fi in GP practices, under a scheme being rolled out across the country. NHS Wi-Fi will be rolled out to all general practices across England by 31 December 2017 and patients will be able to access the internet […]
iPLATO awarded a contract by the Small Business Research Initiative
iPLATO Healthcare has been awarded a contract by The Small Business Research Initiative for Healthcare (SBRI Healthcare) to develop and trial ‘Intelligent Care Navigation’, to improve access to care for patients and help the NHS manage demand for primary care services. The trial will include a small number of practices […]
