GPs Archives

19 October 2009

NHS East Riding of Yorkshire has become the first primary care trust in the country to implement TPP’s SystmOne Community

16 October 2009

Three acute trusts are delivering electronic discharge letters to almost 90 GP practices using a shared IT solution that plugs

15 October 2009

Dr Maureen Baker, Caldicott Guardian for NHS Connecting for Health, outlines new guidance on the use of the Personal Demographics

14 October 2009

The Department of Health has launched a controversial online rating service to let patients rate and compare GP practices.

13 October 2009

NHS Connecting for Health looks likely to drop the requirement for GP practice data to be accredited before Summary Care Records

12 October 2009

Fiona Barr talks to veteran healthcare IT campaigner Dr Mary Hawking, who recently won the John Perry award.

12 October 2009

GP practices in NHS Hammersmith and Fulham have used text messaging to collect information on patients’ smoking status and invite

9 October 2009

The national roll-out of the children’s database ContactPoint is to go ahead from later this month, the government has announced.

8 October 2009

The Somerset Health Informatics Service has developed an electronic register to help cancer patients across the country receive treatment more

6 October 2009

Mary Hawking (right) receiving the 2009 John Perry Prize from Joan Perry Dr Mary Hawking, a GP in Bedfordshire and

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