Patients across Lancashire and South Cumbria are now accessing GP appointments through the Doctorlink platform. The app is being used across the region to deliver GP appointments, screen for COVID-19 and provide advice for many other conditions. Keith Nurcombe, UK Managing Director at Doctorlink, said “We provide a digital front door […]
Primary Care News
Feature: Digital First Primary Care, X-on and TPP
In our Digital First Primary Care feature we speak with TPP and X-on to hear how the organisations are respectively driving digital primary care. We explore the past few months, some of the recent challenges, and what’s next for the providers. We speak with Paul Bensley, CEO of primary care […]
Interview Series: Dr Hussain Gandhi, Wellspring Surgery and founder of eGPlearning
In our latest interview, we had a chat with Dr Hussian Gandhi to find out more about the health tech revolution in primary care. Can you tell me about yourself and your organisation? I’m a GP at St Anns in Nottingham, I’m a partner at a practice called Wellspring Surgery, I’m also […]
Royal College of GPs in NI survey highlights need for GP tech plan
A survey conducted in April 2020 by the Royal College of GPs in NI has highlighted barriers of basic IT, hardware and software is preventing some GPs to carry out remote consultations. The Royal College of GPs in Northern Ireland is calling on the government to develop a fit for […]
17.4 million GP records analysed in largest COVID-19 study
A large scale patient record study has analysed 17.4 million GP records, working with GP system supplier TPP, to explore key factors associated with death from COVID-19. University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, working on behalf of NHS England, have analysed research in the […]
One Gloucestershire triage app supports COVID-19 response
An app built by NHS surgeon, Owain Hughes is helping GPs and paramedics to screen COVID-19 patients. The platform, Cinapsis, is being used across the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System to assess patients as part of their GP appointment, providing consultant advice when needed. The platform connects GPs and community lead nurses with consultants […]
Online GP service raises £2 million in Series A
Online GP service, GPDQ, has raised £2 million in Series A funding from investors. IW Capital has completed the raise to support the digital primary healthcare provider and its short term growth plans in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. GDPQ, CQC certified, supports providers with an online GP on-demand service. […]
GP IT System supplier acquired by PUBLIC
PUBLIC, a leading government tech firm has acquired GP IT system supplier Microtest. The organisation offers support, insight, capital and networking to help tech providers, typically start-ups, navigate the public sector. The details of the deal remains undisclosed, and the co-founder of PUBLIC Alexander de Carvalho, has been announced as […]
GP Connect introduced to all GP practices and specialist care centres
NHS Digital and NHSX have announced GP Connect has been introduced to all GP practices to support the secure sharing of patient records across primary care. The organisations have also announced additional information will be added to the Summary Care Record during the Coronavirus pandemic. It introduces the ability to […]
myGP partners with GPDQ to increase video consultation capacity
iPlato, the creator of myGP, the software used to support a digital first primary care has partnered with online GP service provider GPDQ. The partnership means GP practices using myGP can increase their capacity when needed and utilise the GPDQ medical team for patient video consultations. A team of remote […]
