GP commissioning Archives | Digital Health

1 February 2011

X-prize to tackle hospital admissions

A $3m x-prize competition has been launched by the US Heritage Provider Network to develop a ‘breakthrough’ algorithm that can

31 January 2011

Call for local QoF frameworks

Failure to set up local versions of the Quality and Outcomes Framework could lead to missed opportunities to improve quality

14 January 2011

Around 350 GP consortia likely

The number of GP commissioning consortia that will be formed as primary care trusts are scrapped is likely to be

Hyland acquires Perceptive Software, currently owned by printer maker Lexmark

5 January 2011

BMJ Group buys GP software company

The BMJ Group has entered the primary care software market with the acquisition of Informatica Systems Ltd.

2 December 2010

MPs given estimate of PCT job losses

Between 30 and 40% of the staff who are currently employed in primary care trusts could find a role supporting

25 October 2010

Lansley: no reprieve for PCTs

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there will be no reprieve for primary care trusts and strategic health authorities following

1 October 2010

Connelly outlines NHS info ‘revolution’

The NHS' director general of informatics, Christine Connelly, has outlined an information revolution to match the root and branch reform

15 September 2010

RCGP sees change in commissioning market

The Royal College of GPs has cast doubt on the ability of GPs to manage commissioning budgets, and predicted they

14 September 2010

Birmingham OwnHealth in hands of GPs

GPs will decide whether the first telephone-based care management service in the UK should continue.