Primary Care

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Ben Standeven, from SCALE talking to a nurse about Pocketalk
17 December 2024

Southampton GPs trial handheld translation device for patients

A network of GP surgeries in Southampton have boosted communication with non-English-speaking patients following a trial of Pocketalk.
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GP types on a laptop
6 December 2024

Accurx calls for modern GP access to be spread to all practices

Accurx, has published a report calling for NHSE's modern GP access model to be spread to all practices, so help
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28 November 2024

Humber and North Yorkshire ICB signs N3i to digitise primary care

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has signed technology firm N3i to help digitise its primary care
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NHS Scotland
21 November 2024

Digital Dermatology pathway for primary care launched in Scotland

An app aimed to helping faster diagnosis and assessment of skin conditions is being rolled out across primary care in
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Doctor,Writing,Patient,Notes,On,A,Medical,Examination,Or,Prescription
5 November 2024

GPs face EMIS IT outage at busiest time of the week

An outage to the EMIS IT system caused “chaos” for GPs in England when access was cut off to appointment
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Doctor and Patient in a consulting room at a GP surgery
21 October 2024

One in three GPs say their work computers are ‘not fit for purpose’

One in three GPs say their work computer is not fit for purpose, while more than 50% report data-sharing challenges,
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GP using computer
1 October 2024

NHSE says IT should flag patient safety issues in primary care

New patient safety guidance from NHS England says that primary care’s IT systems should automatically flag patient safety issues.
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14 August 2024

NHS England signposts upcoming £18m health and justice EPR

NHS England has issued a pre-procurement notice for an £18 million EPR to capture health data in the justice system.
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GP technology
6 June 2024

NHS England scraps £300m digital pathways framework for GP tech

NHS England has confirmed that its £300 million digital pathways framework has been cancelled, following delays caused by a legal
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14 May 2024

Digital Maturity Assessment expands into primary care for 2024

NHS England have confirmed that the 2024 Digital Maturity Assessment is an evolution of last year’s survey and includes an
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