RCGP tests Social Media Highway Code
The Royal College of General Practitioners will road testing a Social Media Highway Code on the information superhighway tomorrow.
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RCGP comes out against Bill
The Royal College of General Practitioners has become the latest royal medical college to urge the government to withdraw its Health and Social Care Bill.
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RCGP fuels health bill concerns
The Royal College of GPs has sought an assurance from the Prime Minister that the Health and Social Care Bill will not force doctors to breach their duty of confidentiality, as debate about the future of the Bill itself intensifies.
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Field to lead reform review panel
The government is to launch a “future forum” to advise on changes to its NHS reforms that will be lead by Professor Steve Field, the immediate past chair of the Royal College of GPs.
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GP record guidance overhauled
A major overhaul of the good practice guidelines for GP electronic records has been published, with a focus on record sharing and interoperability.
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GPs must hold records against litigation
GP practices must hold on to their audit trails and the patient records associated with them indefinitely, according to fresh advice from the BMA, Royal College of GPs and the Department of Health.
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All patients to be offered SCR by 2013
The Department of Health wants every patient in England to have been offered the opportunity to have a Summary Care Record by the end of 2013.
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DH promises Read codes for SCR
NHS Connecting for Health has issued fresh guidance on the Summary Care Record, setting out how practices can implement changes to the consent model in advance of new Read codes.
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RCGP sees change in commissioning market
The Royal College of GPs has cast doubt on the ability of GPs to manage commissioning budgets, and predicted they will turn to a ‘consolidated’ market of support functions for assistance.
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CfH issues new SCR data quality guide
NHS Connecting for Health has issued new guidance on the data quality standards GP practices are expected to meet before data is uploaded to create Summary Care Records. The interim guidance follows the ending of the IM&T Directed Enhanced Service (DES) in March 2009, which had set the data quality standards practices had to meet before […]
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