RCGP

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GP at desk
7 June 2021

BMA and RCGP issue joint letter to NHS Digital over GPDPR programme

The pair have issued a joint letter to NHS Digital to express concerns about the General Practice Data for Planning
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Clinician with iPad
15 January 2020

Investment in digital ‘is a building block for world class GP services’

The Royal College of GPs has called for more investment in digital technologies ā€œto make better use of data and
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9 August 2019

Movers and shakers news round up

Digital Health looks at the latest round-up of movers and shakers in health and care, including appointments at Combined Healthcare
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Primary care staff are advised to leave systems switched off this morning
2 May 2019

RCGP tech manifesto calls for prioritisation of joined-up IT systems

The document recognises the potential of technology in healthcare but adds this can only be achieved once joined-up systems are
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Dinosaurs
5 October 2018

RCGP chair says GPs are not ‘technophobic dinosaurs’

Helen Stokes-Lampard said GPs are the champions of safe technology, but the sky-high costs of trying to keep up with
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Matthew Swindells NHS England
20 October 2017

Swindells says NHSā€™s digital best are ā€˜mediocreā€™ by international standards

The NHS has a system that has almost all the patients in the wrong place, according to NHS England's national
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22 September 2017

Movers and shakers news round-up

Movers and Shakers round-up includes movements across various industry organisationsĀ includingĀ Papworth Hospital and the Professional Record Standards Body.
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cqc
6 April 2017

CQC cracks down on potentially unsafe online pharmacies

The CQC has cracked down on potentially unsafe online prescribers that fail to carry out adequate identity checks or to
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2 October 2015

Pharmacists demand patient record access

Community pharmacists in the UK should have read and write access to full electronic records for their patients, says the
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app round up
28 August 2015

App round-up

Reporter Thomas Meek runs through the latest from the world of health apps, with news of a study into their
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