IT/Data Collection/On-line Consultation
Written: 06th March 2025
Update: 2024/25 Capacity and Access Improvement Payment (CAIP) Online Access Component
I am writing to update all colleagues now the final month of the 2024/25 financial year has arrived.
As colleagues will recall the three components of the 2024/25 CAIP, collectively...
The Health and Social Care Act 2012, empowers NHS England to direct the Health and Social Care Information Centre to collect information from all providers of NHS care, including general practices. Under the Care.data Programme, GP information is to be extracted via the General Practice...
The attached guidance outlines the problems identified if a practice is currently or in the past have:-
Used NHS Mail to receive communications
Used Docman Version 7
Had the EDT function enabled to transfer documents into the patients electronic records.
Use of Docman 7 with electronic data...
30th August 2024
To: All Practices in Surrey and Sussex LMCs
I am writing to all colleagues as each practice will have received an email from NHS England entitled as above. This relates to data collection via CQRS of nine metrics of cloud-based telephony data. Cloud-based telephony has been...
Letter from LMC to highlight recent developments in the Digital First Consultation outcome and on-line consultation support.
Digital First Consultation
Dear Colleagues
Please find attached an information letter form the LMC providing an update on the Electronic Referral Service.
Electronic Referral Service Update (LMC 23.4.18)
Frailty - Batch-coding (SSLMCs October 2017)
GP Contract Agreement 2019 Update IT/ 'Digital First' SSLMCs February 2019
GMS/PMS Regulations and guidance do not make any reference to an age at which patients become eligible or entitled to view their own records independently.
However, it is generally accepted that:
“Fraser/Gillick-competent” children are entitled to access their medical records (or authorise...
Online access by patients
Online access to health records by patients appears to have much wider associated risks and potential workload for practices than the transactional on-line services of appointment booking and prescription ordering.
NHS England has confirmed that practices are not...
Dear Colleagues
Important message for Vision Practices only.
I enclose two important messages for Vision practices relating to automatic submissions via GPES using the SNOMED CT codes, which are being used within NHS Primary Care from April 2018.
Vision practices have two options, details of...
GP Level Data Collection via CQRS (SSLMCs October 2017)
TPP SystmOne - statement by the Info Commissioner (SSLMCs March 2017)
TPP SystmOne FAQs for GP Practices (BMA March 2017)
New IT requirements of the GP Contract in England (GPC March 2015)
A guide to GP Systems of Choice (2008)
 
National Data Opt Out (LMC May 2018)
NHS Cervical Screening Programme: National Ceasing Audit
Written: 15 January 2025
Update: Prospective Access to Medical Records
I am writing as a number of practices have contacted the LMC noting they had received recent communications from their ICB about their provision of Prospective Access to Medical Records.
Colleagues will recall the furore...
Standardised GP Appointment Categories
