GP IT

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11 May 2026

GP IT supplier Optum acquired by US equity firm TPG

Optum UK, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that owns EMIS, has been acquired by US private equity firm TPG.
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Dr Chris Williams, Scotland vice chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners
3 February 2026

RCGP calls for Scottish government to improve GP IT systems

More than half of GPs in Scotland say that their software is not fit for purpose, according to a member
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Melissa Lato, product director at X-on Health
5 January 2026

Medicus EPR integrates with X-on Health’s Surgery Connect

X-on Health has integrated its Surgery Connect cloud telephony solution with the Medicus primary care EPR platform.
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GP using a laptop
21 July 2025

Thousands of patient records reviewed after GP coding errors

Thousands of patient records are being reviewed after incorrect vaccination status codes were mistakenly logged in GP IT systems.
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Wilmslow Health Centre
17 July 2025

Medicus EPR solution goes live at Wilmslow Health Centre

Wilmslow Health Centre has gone live with the Medicus Health electronic patient record (EPR) over the space of one weekend.
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GP using a laptop
26 June 2025

NHSE approves Medicus Health EPR system for primary care

NHS England has introduced the first new core IT system for GP practices across England in 25 years under the
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GP at desk
7 October 2020

Another view: of the GP IT market

With his local CCG offering to pay for an e-triage system, our columnist Neil Paul, explores what this could mean
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3 July 2020

Social prescribing ‘should be added to GP IT systems to go green’

Social prescribing could lead to better health outcomes and more environmentally aware patients, according to the British Medical Association.
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Doctor on computer
30 January 2020

Another view: of IT knowledge in primary care

In his latest column for Digital Health, Neil Paul discusses whether a campaign to improve the IT knowledge in primary
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GP sitting at a computer
3 January 2019

Hancock pledges to shake-up GP IT systems with new framework

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a number of changes will be made under the GP
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