GPASS

Archive
1 May 2007

Scottish GPs insist on explicit consent on shared records

  GP practices must remain the data controller for GP records even if databases are held within a hosted environment,
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13 December 2006

GPASS accidentally prescribes Viagra to smokers

A glitch with the Scottish GP system GPASS could have resulted in smokers trying to quit the habit being mistakenly prescribed
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30 November 2006

Report must ‘signal the end of the line for GPASS’

A long-awaited independent report on GPASS ‘must signal the end of the line’ for Scotland’s most commonly used GP system,
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14 November 2006

GPASS abandoned by Tayside and Grampian

NHS Tayside and NHS Grampian have confirmed that they will be abandoning the General Practice Administration System for Scotland (GPASS)
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31 October 2006

NHS Scotland aims for electronic records from 2010

Delivering for Health, the board responsible for IT in NHS Scotland, says it will act on the key recommendations of
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12 September 2006

Delay to Scottish primary care software report

A much-anticipated report on the future of primary care IT systems in Scotland has been delayed, and will undergo further work before
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4 September 2006

Publicity blitz for Scotland’s Emergency Care Summary

Scotland has launched a public information campaign about the transition to electronic health records with a leaflet on its Emergency
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12 June 2006

Scottish MPs told criticism of GPASS ‘overblown’

Criticism of the Scottish GP computer system GPASS is “overblown” and the system will serve NHS Scotland well in the
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28 April 2006

Scottish LMCs vote for abolition of GPASS

GP representatives have voted for the abolition of the Scottish computer system GPASS in a move which puts growing pressure
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17 April 2006

Scots ahead

Fiona Barr looks at how electronic summaries of GP records are already in operation in Scotland, accessible by out of
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