QMAS fails to take strain in end of year rush
The national IT system for the Quality and Outcomes Framework has been failing to work intermittently yesterday and today as GP practices attempt to submit their data at the end of the year. The Quality and Management Analysis System (QMAS), built for NHS Connecting for Health by BT, has been intermittently unavailable. One primary care […]
News
Two years on
It’s two years since the Information Centre for health and social care started work on its mission of “providing knowledge for care”. Linda Davidson catches up with its chief executive, Denise Lievesley.
Feature
OOH performance measurement poor, says report
Many primary care trusts are unable to measure their performance on out-of-hours care, partly because providers do not have the necessary telephone systems, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has concluded. The PAC report on out-of-hours (OOH) care found that PCTs were failing to meet quality requirements, due to a combination of poor performance […]
News
BMA sits on critical Choose and Book survey results
The British Medical Association has decided not to publish its own survey of Choose and Book which is highly critical of the e-booking system. A copy of the survey has, however, been obtained by EHI Primary Care. At the beginning of February BMA chairman Mr James Johnson promised the survey would be published “shortly” but […]
News
GP questions Hewitt on ‘vanishing’ C+B services
A GP has questioned health secretary Patricia Hewitt about the use of Choose and Book for demand management as a forthcoming survey highlights growing disquiet among doctors about “vanishing services” on the e-booking system. Dr Andrew Gray, a GP at the Village Medical Centre in Great Denham, Bedford, used last week’s webchat with Patricia Hewitt […]
News
Liverpool integrates walk-in centres with PCT database
Liverpool’s walk-in centres are to be electronically linked together to one central database to be viewed and accessed by all four centres. The new approach will be made possible by the planned implementation of the Clinical Solutions Walk-In Centre electronic patient record and nurse led consultation system across all of the sites. The Walk-In Centre […]
News
Derbyshire GPs say information poor on system choice
GPs in Derbyshire whose practices have switched to the GP clinical system TPP offered by their local service provider (LSP) have claimed they were not well informed about available choices for system change. In a survey carried out by Derbyshire Local Medical Committee information about system choice scored worst out of the ten areas covered […]
News
Software could ease abuse reporting concerns
Widespread confusion amongst childcare professionals over who to inform when they have concerns about a vulnerable child is revealed in a survey conducted for collaborative software provider, Liquidlogic. The research was conducted by YouGov to review the effectiveness of the process for childcare professionals to identify and report early signs of children at risk. Liquidlogic […]
News
SystmOne to be offered in NWWM
TPP’s SystmOne is now being offered as an integrated primary care solution to users in the NHS Connecting for Health North West and West Midlands (NWWM) cluster with local service provider, CSC. The move was announced by TPP, the Leeds-based supplier that already supplies SystmOne in the North-east and Eastern clusters formerly managed by Accenture and taken over […]
News
N3 problems leave users unable to access internet
An update to the internet gateway of the NHS’s new national network (N3) continues to create problems for users accessing the internet, with NHS staff reporting either very slow connections or being unable to access e-mails on mobile devices. On Wednesday Connecting for Health’s service status site was reporting "internet gateway issues" on N3. The […]
News