Dear All,
There has been much talk about the lack of consultation with primary
(and secondary) care in the planning and implementation of NCRS. I have
attended some of the Best Practice Design Groups in London and had hoped
that these would be a springboard to start useful debate, but sadly the
GP attendance at these groups has been staggeringly low. Of the two
workstreams I attended I was the ONLY GP and was painfully aware that in
my absence plans were being proposed for redesigning the workflow
through primary care in the absence of any GP input at all! The main
reasons for the poor attendance have been lack of adequate remuneration
to provide an incentive for GPs to absent their busy practices, and the
fact that workshops have been put on at ludicrously short notice. One of
the groups which has been deliberately scheduled to run later in the
programme (September) is the Primary Care BPPDG, which by its nature
will overlap with much of the work which has already been started. We
have been trying to hammer home the message to NPfIT about the
importance of getting GPs into this forum and I have been asked to
distribute this invitation to GP lists. Rather than attach a document I
have included the text in this message (below). This is primarily aimed
at London GPs and those within the Southern cluster.
Please do make an effort to come. We need a room full of GPs thrashing
out the issues about plans for new ways to deliver health care through
IT.
Laurie Slater
(IT lead Hammersmith & Fulham PCT)
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Message for GP Input to CRS Development for Primary Best Practice Group
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As you may be aware, the NHS has embarked upon a major, world leading
project to improve healthcare IT to enable seamless movement of
information throughout the patient journey from cradle to grave – the
NHS Care Record System (NCRS). We are therefore very keen to engage as
many GP’s as possible to ensure that the NCRS is developed to support
clinical best practice across care settings. Phase 2 of the NCRS
Programme will be fundamental to primary care covering all the clinical
components required in GP practices. (Release 1 of Phase 2 is due for
delivery in September 2005)
Your input would therefore be welcomed on the Primary Care and other
Best Practice Process Design Groups to enable our supplier (IDX) to
develop the primary care elements of the NCRS solution. This will take a
maximum of 1 day per week for approximately 8 weeks commencing September
2004.
To support your input the programme will pay £450 per day plus any
expenses incurred. If you are interested in joining the programme,
please contact Carol Stamper by email ([log in to unmask]) and
she will forward you all the details.
Lin Horley
CRS Implementation Director
NPfIT London
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