Allergies must be Read coded for GP2GP
GPs and practice teams are being advised to record all allergies and sensitivities as Read coded entries to solve a potential problem with GP2GP record transfer. The team working on the introduction of GP2GP, which includes representatives form the joint General Practitioner Committee and Royal College of General Practitioners’ IT committee, have discovered difficulties with […]
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GP2GP goes live
A working version of the long-awaited GP2GP transfer system was demonstrated at the BCS’s Primary Health Care Specialist Group Conference last week. EHI Primary Care was there.
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GP2GP transfer to pilot next month in Gateshead
Nine practices in Gateshead PCT are to become the first in England to pilot GP2GP transfer of records next month. The joint IT committee of the British Medical Association’s GP committee and the Royal College of General Practitioners has given its go ahead for the live implementation of GP2GP record transfer in the PCT. Dr […]
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GP2GP record transfers struggling on attachments
GP2GP record transfer is under threat because the NHS spine may be unable to cope with the size and number of attachments to GP records, according to GP representatives. It appears that the spine is unable to handle the large number of attachments – often vital documents like scanned hospital referral letters – which many […]
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GP2GP transfers: the benefits and limitations
GP2GP electronic transfers of records are much quicker than their paper-based equivalents, but they won’t eliminate the need for paper transfers in the short to medium term, the British Computer Society primary healthcare specialist group heard at its summer conference. Chris Leary, Connecting for Health project manager for GP2GP transfers, gave a detailed account of […]
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Concerns over incomplete patient record transfers
GPs are to be reminded to send all important information when patients move practice after concern that some records are arriving incomplete. The joint RCGP and GPC IT committee is to issue a reminder to GPs via local medical committees after hearing that some practices are sending patient records without important attachments such as scanned […]
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PCT issues smartcards with identical PINs
A primary care trust issued smartcards to all its practices which had the same PIN for every user; and furthermore, the number was stuck on the back of every card. A GP in Essex told members of the online GP-UK discussion group about the breach of security procedures for the Connecting for Health smartcards,which happened at a practice already using […]
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No show from iSOFT at GP2GP transfer meeting
One of the leading GP system suppliers has been criticised after dropping out of a demonstration of GP2GP record transfer functionality to national GP representatives. iSOFT was due to demonstrate its progress in developing GP2GP functionality alongside GP system suppliers EMIS and InPractice Systems last week at the British Medical Association’s GP committee meeting. However […]
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Waiting to connect
How soon will GP2GP transfer be possible? EHI Primary Care looks at progress so far, and how much of the NPfIT needs to be in place before it becomes operational.
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