DH looks at single urgent care number
The Department of Health has said that it will publish proposals for a single, national telephone number for urgent care later this year. Responding to this week’s Healthcare Commission report on emergency and urgent care, the DH said: “As announced in Lord Darzi’s review of the NHS, we are looking at the benefits of a […]
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GP seeks greater urgency on interoperability
A GP who has pioneered record sharing between GP and community teams wants to see local service providers giving interoperability a higher priority. Dr Kambiz Boomla’s practice was the first surgery in London to trial EMIS Web, the common clinical record system from GP IT supplier EMIS. But he says plans to interoperate with hospital […]
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Information prescriptions to be linked to electronic records
The Department of Health is this week expected to set out its vision for information prescriptions that are linked to electronic patient records and a national accredited information system based within NHS Choices.
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Conservatives commission review of NHS IT
The Conservative Party has commissioned an independent review of NHS IT policy to be led by Dr Glyn Hayes.
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Call for information investment in PBC groups
The NHS Alliance is calling for practice-based commissioning groups to be given the money to fund their own information needs. The Alliance, which represents PCTs and GP practices, has claimed that PCTs’ failure to provide GP practices with accurate and meaningful data has been sabotaging PBC. In a new policy document, A Vision for Practice […]
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New EPS clinical director appointed
Dr Manpreet Pujara, one of Connecting for Health’s national GP clinical leads, has been appointed as clinical director for the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). Dr Puajara, a GP in Rochester, Kent, took over as GP clinical lead alongside Dr Peter Short in January and will now act as clinical director for the EPS as well […]
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New information tools promised for commissioning
The Department of Health is to develop new technology systems over the next year, to help commissioners achieve the goals of its world class commissioning framework. In its ‘Our vision for Primary and Community Care’ report, published as part of the next stage review of the NHS, the DH pledges to “enhance the range of […]
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Access to NHS care records may be widened
The Department of Health is to review extending access to the NHS Care Records Service to non-NHS staff, and bodies including private sector organisations.
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QoF to be re-focused on health promotion
Lord Darzi’s NHS review outlines plans to overhaul the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) to place a greater emphasis on health promotion activity. Higher Quality Care for All: The NHS Next Stage Review states that the number of organisational and “process” indicators in the QoF will be reduced as part of plans to give GPs […]
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Data accreditation completed for 800 practices
Just over 800 GP practices have now had their data accredited as part of the directed enhanced service for IM&T. Data accreditation in preparation for uploading summary records to the spine is one of four elements in the DES which was extended for 12 months to March 2009 as part of this year’s GP contract […]
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