RCGP urges ‘universal and rapid’ SNOMED deployment
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has written to NHS IT director general Richard Granger calling for the "universal and rapid" deployment of the clinical coding system SNOMED. The letter from the RCGP’s Health informatics Standing Group is understood to have been prompted by concerns about the pace of change towards SNOMED CT by […]
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Change in stance on migration costs for GP systems
NHS Connecting for Health has agreed to provide a fixed contribution to cover the migration costs for GP practices moving to hosted systems outside their local service provider solutions, in a change of its stance on GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC). An update on the GPSoC proposals released this week also confirms the intention to […]
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CfH changes tack on GP Systems of Choice
NHS Connecting for Health has decided to go out to tender for suppliers to take part in GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC). An advertisement will be placed in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) once Treasury approval for the scheme has been received. It will mean on-going contract negotiations with individual GP suppliers […]
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Treasury decision on GPSoC still pending
A decision on the full business case for GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) is still awaited from the Treasury, Connecting for Health’s joint GP clinical lead, Dr Gillian Braunold, said last week. Addressing the British Computer Society Primary Health Care Specialist Group annual meeting, Dr Braunold, warned: “In the current political climate it’s not an […]
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INPS Vision 4 to be London’s core GP solution
INPS’s Vision 4 is to be the core primary care solution offered to practices in London. The decision to opt for INPS (formerly In Practice Systems) as the preferred supplier in the capital is outlined in two letters to primary care trust chief executives from BT and London NHS chief executive David Nicholson yesterday. Patrick […]
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GP Pan User Group debates data migration
Concern about the costs of data migration under the new system choice initiative was voiced by representatives at the first meeting of the GP super user group set up by Connecting for Health. The GP Pan User Group (GP PUG) meeting spent its inaugural session hearing about the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative and […]
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GP system users ‘super’ group to be formed
A new user group covering all the suppliers involved in the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative is being set up by NHS Connecting for Health and guidance on the minimum infrastructure required under the initiative is to be issued soon. The GPSoC proposals, designed to counter concerns from practices that they face pressure to switch suppliers, were announced in March […]
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Contract negotiations underway for system choice
Contracts have been sent to GP system suppliers due to taking part in the ‘system choice’ initiative for GPs and negotiations are taking place on a weekly basis to ensure commercial arrangements are in place. Progress on the moves to make system choice a reality for practices was reported by Connecting for Health joint clinical lead for general practice, Dr Gillian […]
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