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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Don’t wait for inspectors says CQC
The Care Quality Commission has urged healthcare providers to encourage patients to use technology to monitor their condition, as part of a package of changes to close variations in care.
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CQC consults on inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission has launched a month long consultation on its new regulation, inspection and rating regime.
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Plans for £230m GP IT spend released
NHS England has released its plans for how more than £230m in GP IT funding will be spent over the next year to ensure all practices across England have high-quality IT systems.
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EMIS buys Ascribe for £57.5m
GPs get cloudy Vision
INPS has migrated more than 600 English GP practices to a new cloud-based delivery service for its Vision GP system.
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GP suppliers welcome open APIs
Principal GP system suppliers are backing the government’s move to require open application programme interfaces to encourage innovation in the primary care IT market.
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CSC to withdraw from primary care
CSC has decided to withdraw its iSoft products from the NHS primary care market, eHealth Insider understands.
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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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