South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) has signed a five year contract with TPP to deploy the SystmOne Mental Health module across all of its services. The contract is an addition to the existing Shared Business Service (SBS) Framework contract the Trust has with TPP. The Trust employs […]
Primary Care News
Powys Teaching Health Board first in Wales for FDB OptimiseRx
Powys Teaching Health Board is the first Welsh health board to go live with FDB OptimiseRx, which supports GPs to prescribe in line with local and national guidance and reduce the variation in prescribing. The solution provides prescribing decision support for primary care that presents prescribers with guidance messages that […]
NHS Digital to launch GP IT Futures programme
NHS Digital has launched a new consultation opportunity for IT suppliers with an aim to explore new ways of system design in primary care. The GP IT Futures programme is looking to collaborate with suppliers interested in delivering a proof of concept of a fresh approach to primary care systems […]
NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU secures £14m contract
NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands (GEM) Commissioning Support Unit has been appointed to provide both corporate and GP IT services on behalf of seven Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Essex. The service will fall into two areas: corporate IT support including strategic planning and operational delivery; and GP IT […]
More organisations connect to Health and Social Care Network
The first primary care provider and third sector organisation have successfully connected to the new Health and Social Care Network (HSCN). Devon Doctors, which provides primary care across the county, and Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight have successfully joined the HSCN in the past month. HSCN has […]
Pharmacy group saving hours every day
Following a six-week trial in one branch of the Pharmacy group Dean and Smedley earlier this year, ProScript Connect from EMIS Health is now live in the East Midlands-based group’s remaining 10 branches. Dispensing over 90,000 prescription items every month, Dean and Smedley pharmacists say the ability to process prescriptions […]
Digital social prescription tool integrates with EMIS Web
A digital social prescription tool that allows GPs to prescribe information, services and online support, has been integrated into the clinical system EMIS Web. Initially live in two GP practices, the technology will be rolled out across practices in North East London as part of a unique partnership between Innovation […]
Rowlands’ ProScript Connect rollout passes 300 pharmacies milestone
The latest version of the ProScript Connect dispensary management system from EMIS Health is now live in 300 Rowlands Pharmacy branches, marking a significant milestone in the planned upgrade of all 529 branches across the United Kingdom. Rowlands began staged deployment of ProScript Connect in May 2017 following a thorough due diligence […]
How the telephone can help achieve the GP Forward View
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 […]
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 […]
