Delay to Scottish primary care software report
A much-anticipated report on the future of primary care IT systems in Scotland has been delayed, and will undergo further work before completion. The delay has been criticised by the British Medical Association’s Scottish General Practitioner Committee which says GP practices are keenly awaiting the findings of the report. Dr Stuart Scott, chairman of the SGPC’s IT […]
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Record C+B non-availability, GPC advises
GP negotiators are advising practices to keep a record of when they cannot use Choose and Book in case they need to make a case for retaining incentive payments at the end of the year. The booking element of the choice and booking directed enhanced service (DES) can be reclaimed by primary care trusts if […]
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Scottish MPs told criticism of GPASS ‘overblown’
Criticism of the Scottish GP computer system GPASS is “overblown” and the system will serve NHS Scotland well in the future, the chief executive of NHS National Services Scotland has told Scottish MPs. Stuart Bain told the Scottish Parliament’s Health Committee that there had been significant problems with GPASS which he said had been corrected […]
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June Choose and Book target ‘impossible’ in London
The GP incentive scheme target for 25% of referrals to be made through Choose and Book in June appears to be “impossible to achieve” according to London GP representatives who are lobbying for a review of the deadline. The London-wide Local Medical Committee has written to Kevin Jarrold, regional implementation director for the London cluster […]
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Scottish LMCs vote for abolition of GPASS
GP representatives have voted for the abolition of the Scottish computer system GPASS in a move which puts growing pressure on the Scottish Executive to act over the system used by the majority of GPs in Scotland. The Scottish local medical committees’ conference passed a series of motions calling for GPASS to be abandoned, claiming […]
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IT payment offers £4250 for practices in Wales
GP practices in Wales can earn £4250 under a new IT payment scheme worth £2.1 million agreed as part of the renegotiated nGMS contract. The new directed enhanced service (DES) for IM&T will pay the average practice in Wales £4,000 for a data accreditation exercise and a further £250 payment will be available to practices that […]
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Listening exercise shows support for central database
Support for the idea of a central NHS database and a desire for more ‘joined up’ social and health care have emerged from the first rounds of consultation on the future of primary care. The health department is currently running a series of five consultation meetings around England, entitled ‘Your health, your say, your care’, […]
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Doctors to vote on national patient record system consent
Doctors attending next week’s British Medical Association Local Medical Committee conference are to vote on whether patients’ records should be automatically loaded onto the NHS national data spine of records, even if they have not given their consent for their records to be shared. Concerns about consent are at the centre of a series of […]
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