Case study summary Chiswick Health Practice in Hounslow is made up of 3.3 whole time equivalent GPs serving a patient population of over 7,300. Frustrations in GP appointments being used inappropriately led the practice to participate in the Productive General Practice (PGP) Quick Start programme to find ways to overcome this. The programme is delivered […]
GPs are signing up to become ‘veteran friendly’ under a new national scheme to improve medical care and treatment for former members of the armed services that has been backed by NHS England and the Royal College of GPs. Practices can qualify for veteran friendly status by offering extra support for ex-military personnel who may […]
Purposes for processing NHS England has a legal duty to keep and maintain a list of all patients registered with GP practices in England. This list is held in the National Health Application and Infrastructure Services (NHAIS) and Primary Care Registration Management (PCRM) systems. These systems also hold data about patients registered with GP practices […]
Updated 13 April: This post has been amended following a typo in one of the quotes. Nearly 14 million patients across England are now securely using online services with their family doctor to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions and view their records – saving time for themselves and busy GP practices. Latest figures show an increase […]
Many of us use our computers to do our shopping or manage our money. Now people who are registered with a doctor might be able to go online to: Book or cancel appointments Order prescriptions See their GP records These online services can be used as well as the traditional telephone and face-to-face appointments with […]
Practical guides to help disabled patients to access GP online services have been published by NHS England today (11 September). Aimed at supporting people with sight loss, hearing loss, autism or learning disabilities, a series of new guides have been developed to help patients use GP services online such as book appointments, repeat their prescriptions and […]
NHS England is set to expand the GP workforce with the acceleration of an international recruitment programme, following a series of regional pilots. Working with partners it will start to recruit around 600 overseas doctors into general practice in 2017/18 and aim for a total of at least 2,000 doctors over the next three years. […]
Find out about getting access to your local doctor (GP) and other NHS GP surgery services, including how to find and register with a GP surgery and how to book an appointment. How to register with a GP surgery Anyone in England can register with a GP surgery to access NHS services. It’s free to […]
Our National Health Service is all about people – those who work in it, and those they care for. So I was pleased to see the recently released Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View gave recognition to the importance of nursing by including measures to attract top graduates into the profession, and […]
The Health Systems Support Framework can be used by NHS Trusts and other care providers, GP, Primary Care and Community Providers, Local Authorities, Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs), Clinical Commissioning Groups and a wide range of public sector bodies, where they are supporting STPs, ICS, or health and social care […]