Southwark CCG drops Babylon asthma AI pilot following GP at Hand concerns
A clinical commissioning group has dropped plans to pilot an asthma artificial intelligence project with Babylon, after concerns were raised relating to the recent roll-of the company’s GP at Hand service.
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NHS 111 here to stay – NHS England
NHS 111 will remain integral to NHS England’s plans to improve urgent and emergency care, despite criticism from GPs.
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NHS 111 should be scrapped – GPs

GPs call for patient opt-in to care.data
GPs have called for patients to be able to opt in to their data being extracted from GP practices as part of care.data.
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Birmingham LMC objects to shared record
GP leaders in Birmingham have serious concerns about the region’s Central Care Record project to share patient information across health and social care.
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LMCs renew attack on NHS 111
GP representatives have expressed “serious concerns” about the roll-out of NHS 111 and claimed the government is ignoring lessons from evaluations of the 111 pilot areas.
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LMCs worry about “imminent” end of GPSoC
Many practices will be left without an adequate IT system if a credible replacement for GPSoC is not agreed soon, Local Medical Committees will hear today.
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Buckman attacks reforms and email plans
The British Medical Association’s GP leader has launched a blistering attack on the new Health and Social Care Act, saying it “risks endangering the NHS in England.”
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Greenhalgh slams Burns SCR review
The leader of the independent Summary Care Record review has described the government’s promise to doctors to conduct another review as an “absolute disgrace.”
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LMCs want IT performance standards
GPs have called upon the BMA’s GP Committee to negotiate minimum performance standards for IT systems, arguing that these would make it easier to hold suppliers to account. Speaking at the Local Medical Committees Conference in London last week, Dr Martin Beastall, a GP from Doncaster, said: “In modern practice, computers are as vital a […]
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