PCTs urged to move C+B from centres to practices
Primary care trusts are being encouraged to dismantle referral management centres that handle Choose and Book so that the work can be carried out in general practice. Some referral management centres or clinical assessment services (CAS) currently handle the entire Choose and Book process including discussing choice options and generating the password required for Choose […]
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Choose and Book workload lifted for Somerset GPs
GPs in Somerset and Dorset have been told they will not need to carry out their own referrals using Choose and Book, and can continue directing their patients towards their existing phone-based referral service. The referral management service is hosted by Somerset Coast PCT and is popular among GPs. It has received central funding from […]
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LMCs to debate no confidence motion in PCOs IT
IT funding for GPs, Choose and Book and patient confidentiality are all set to be the subject of criticism from GPs at this month’s national local medical committees’ conference. Motions to the conference include one calling for Choose and Book to be abandoned and several claiming that patient confidentiality is being put at risk by […]
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GPs urge rethink on Choose and Book
Primary care trusts (PCTs) will fail to persuade GPs to use Choose and Book unless the system is overhauled, according to GP representatives. In the meantime, PCTs look likely to direct most of the work via Booking Management Services (BMS) with only GP enthusiasts booking appointments themselves. Dr Paul Cundy, chair of the BMA’s General […]
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