Scotland’s GPASS is no more
All Scottish GP practices have migrated to either EMIS or INPS clinical systems and the country’s General Practice Administration System has been formally shut down.
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GPASSed and gone
Scotland has been quietly surging ahead with its e-health strategy in primary care. Reporter Rebecca Todd went to see what has been achieved.
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Scottish GPs complain about NHS 24
The Scottish LMC’s conference has heard complaints about the high onward referral rate of NHS 24 and the cost of migrating from the failed GPASS GP system.
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Lanarkshire GPs have Vision
INPS has announced that it has signed an agreement to supply its Vision system to 83 GP practices in NHS Lanarkshire that currently use the much criticised GPASS system.
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EMIS wins Glasgow GPASS replacement
EMIS has announced it has won a contract worth £1m in annual revenue to supply its software to 243 GP practices in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
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Scottish LMCs demand action on IT choice
Scottish GPs have strongly criticised the delay in procuring a choice of GP IT systems and called for funding for the GPASS system to be released to NHS boards. Last week’s Scottish Local Medical Committees’ conference passed a motion stating that it “deplores the slow progress in procuring a choice of national IT systems following […]
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Call for overhaul of Scottish IT
GP representatives in Scotland have called for full integration of GP and secondary care systems and changes to out-of-hours services in a document outlining their strategy for the future of general practice. BMA Scotland has published a ‘white paper style’ consultation document to encourage debate and discussion on a long term strategy for general practice […]
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Scottish GPs to get choice of systems
The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an IT system or systems to replace GPASS, according to its new e-health strategy. The plan means Scottish practices are likely to be brought under a Scottish version of England’s GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) agreement […]
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Primary care following Fujitsu
Following the exit of Fujitsu from the NHS IT programme in the South of England, Fiona Barr explores what the implications are for primary care.
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Scottish GPs call for GP system choice
GP representatives in Scotland will this week hear criticism of government plans for an integrated primary and community care system and calls for Scottish GPs to have an initiative to guarantee IT system choice. The Scottish Local Medical Committees’ conference will debate a motion criticising the Scottish Government’s plan to procure an Integrated Primary and […]
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