Scottish GPs win choice over practice systems
Scottish GPs will be able to change IT system provider under a new deal announced yesterday. The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) and the BMA’s Scottish General Practitioner Committee have agreed that practices can change to a new system provided that certain conditions are met including the agreement that any new system must use […]
News
Scotland considering buying replacement GP system
The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) is considering the procurement of an alternative IT system for Scottish GPs. Dr Stuart Scott, chair of the BMA’s Scottish General Practitioner Committee’s IT sub-committee, told EHI Primary Care that the SEHD are discussing the possible procurement of an alternative system with the SGPC and the RCGP. He added: […]
News
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.
Feature
Scottish GPs say GPASS is failing doctors
GPs in Scotland have warned the Scottish Executive that the official Scotland-wide IT system for general practice, GPASS, is failing doctors. The warning came when Scottish doctors recently debated and passed a motion at their annual conference which claimed that GPASS (the General Practice Administration System), a system for managing general practice, is "continuing to fail […]
News