NHSmail SMS funding extended for GPs
NHS England has extended central funding of email-to-SMS services for primary care organisations using NHSmail, after the DH caused an outcry by announcing plans to cut funding from next March.
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CQC under fire over monitoring data
The Care Quality Commission has been criticised after incorrectly placing 60 GP practices in high-risk categories due to “severely flawed” monitoring data.
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Oxleas takes Docman for workflow, GPs
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has signed a three-year contract for PCTI’s Docman solution to share information with GPs and establish an electronic workflow system.
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Another view: of support chat
Dr Neil Paul wonders if GP practices could learn from the modern support tools used by companies; and suggests that online chat could well have a role.
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NHS Wales presses on with GP IT
NHS Wales is on time and under budget to complete the roll out of a centrally hosted IT service to its GPs by July 2015.
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Third-party report GP software launched
GP practices are being offered free access to software that creates and electronically sends reports for insurance companies and other third-party organisations, automatically redacting sensitive information.
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Royal Wolverhampton gets GP records link
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust has become the latest to give its clinicians direct access to GP records from within its electronic patient record, using the Graphnet CareCentric platform.
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Arden creates risk stratification tool
NHS Arden Commissioning Support Unit has created a risk stratification tool to support GPs managing high-risk patients.
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Friends and Family Test review published
NHS England has published a review of the Friends and Family Test which shows that response rates are lower than other national health surveys.
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Another view of free wi-fi
GP Neil Paul wonders why the NHS doesn’t provide free wi-fi for all its staff; and has some ideas for generating enough income to provide free wi-fi for visitors and patients.
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