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GP on phone
4 July 2024

BMA advises GPs not to share cloud-based telephony call data with NHSE

The BMA's GP Committee England has warned that NHS England could use cloud-based telephony data to ‘performance manage’ GP practices.
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11 April 2024

Upgraded phone technology for GP practices rolled out across England

Upgraded phone technology has been rolled out across the country, enabling more patients to get through to their GP surgery
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Online medical record electronic patient record EPR
30 November 2022

Automatic roll-out of Citizen Access to GP records halted at eleventh hour

In a last-minute decision NHS England has halted the roll-out of a scheme that would have given all NHS patients
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GP at desk
7 June 2021

BMA and RCGP issue joint letter to NHS Digital over GPDPR programme

The pair have issued a joint letter to NHS Digital to express concerns about the General Practice Data for Planning
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GP at desk
24 June 2020

Lack of ‘robust’ digital systems is pilling pressure on GPs

Lack of robust digital systems and sustainable plans leading to extra work for GPs, a British Medical Association (BMA) survey
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Interoperability
23 September 2019

‘Comprehensive’ IT programme needed for ‘true interoperability’, BMA says

The BMA called for the NHS to be an early adopter of 5G technology to overcome connectivity 'deficiencies' and improve
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23 August 2019

Out-of-area GP rules should be ‘withdrawn’, BMA says

The regulations 'are not in line' with wider NHS England policy and allow digital providers to prioritise healthy patients, the
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A doctor collecting information on a patient using various mobile devices
31 January 2019

New GP contract includes increased patient access to digital services

Part of the contract includes GP practices ensuring that they can offer online consultations by April 2020.
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A female doctor texting on a smartphone
22 October 2018

BMA launches app to help hospital doctors manage workloads

Dr Diary allows doctors to enter details of their work activity into a calendar on the app to help them
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6 February 2018

NAO report reveals medical documents backlog has hit 374,000

A backlog of 374,000 medical documents which included more than 1,800 high priority items were not redirected as they should
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