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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 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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Clinician with iPad
15 January 2020

Investment in digital ‘is a building block for world class GP services’

The Royal College of GPs has called for more investment in digital technologies “to make better use of data and
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9 August 2019

Movers and shakers news round up

Digital Health looks at the latest round-up of movers and shakers in health and care, including appointments at Combined Healthcare
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Primary care staff are advised to leave systems switched off this morning
2 May 2019

RCGP tech manifesto calls for prioritisation of joined-up IT systems

The document recognises the potential of technology in healthcare but adds this can only be achieved once joined-up systems are
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Dinosaurs
5 October 2018

RCGP chair says GPs are not ‘technophobic dinosaurs’

Helen Stokes-Lampard said GPs are the champions of safe technology, but the sky-high costs of trying to keep up with
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Matthew Swindells NHS England
20 October 2017

Swindells says NHS’s digital best are ‘mediocre’ by international standards

The NHS has a system that has almost all the patients in the wrong place, according to NHS England's national
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22 September 2017

Movers and shakers news round-up

Movers and Shakers round-up includes movements across various industry organisations including Papworth Hospital and the Professional Record Standards Body.
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cqc
6 April 2017

CQC cracks down on potentially unsafe online pharmacies

The CQC has cracked down on potentially unsafe online prescribers that fail to carry out adequate identity checks or to
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2 October 2015

Pharmacists demand patient record access

Community pharmacists in the UK should have read and write access to full electronic records for their patients, says the
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