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Plans to allow patients online access to their GP record have been delayed until next April to consider potential ‘safety and workload implications’ for general practice.

A Yorkshire GP has developed an online calculator that is helping practices to reduce their carbon footprint and save thousands on energy bills.

A Yorkshire GP has developed an online calculator that is helping practices to reduce their carbon footprint and save thousands on energy bills.

The government has commissioned a review of remote GP consultations after months of criticism of general practice over access to face-to-face care.

GP services operating under a ‘digital first’ model could come under increasing pressure to deliver more services face-to-face, plans published by the government and NHS England suggest.

Staff at a primary care network (PCN) in Cornwall have committed to reducing their carbon emissions and operating more sustainably by using a fleet of electric cars to carry out day-to-day operations.

Targets promoting online GP consultations are ‘disingenuous’ alongside criticism of access to face-to-face care and could drive up inequality, GPs have warned.

GP at Hand has become the first NHS GP service to register more than 100,000 patients on a single list, in the latest milestone for the controversial digital-first provider.

Plans for a major extraction of data from GP IT systems have been postponed for a second time after the government promised the controversial process would not start until four key tests were met.

Plans for a major extraction of data from GP IT systems have been postponed for a second time after the government promised the controversial process would not start until four key tests were met.

More than four fifths of GPs say e-consultation systems adopted in the pandemic have driven up practice workload – and half have defied calls to keep the systems on 24/7, a GPonline survey reveals.

More than four fifths of GPs say e-consultation systems adopted in the pandemic have driven up practice workload – and half have defied calls to keep the systems on 24/7, a GPonline survey reveals.

More than four fifths of GPs say e-consultation systems adopted in the pandemic have driven up practice workload – and half have defied calls to keep the systems on 24/7, a GPonline survey reveals.

Plans for a major extraction of patient data from GP practice IT systems have been delayed by two months after concerns over a lack of publicity and time for practices to communicate with patients.

Plans for a major extraction of patient data from GP practice IT systems have been delayed by two months after concerns over a lack of publicity and time for practices to communicate with patients.

Plans for a major extraction of patient data from GP practice IT systems have been delayed by two months after concerns over a lack of publicity and time for practices to communicate with patients.

Plans for a major extraction of patient data from GP practice IT systems have been delayed by two months after concerns over a lack of publicity and time for practices to communicate with patients.

The BMA has called on NHS Digital and the government to delay plans for a major data extraction programme, warning that a lack of publicity means patients may ‘know nothing’ about the plans.

The BMA has called on NHS Digital and the government to delay plans for a major data extraction programme, warning that a lack of publicity means patients may ‘know nothing’ about the plans.

The BMA has called on NHS Digital and the government to delay plans for a major data extraction programme, warning that a lack of publicity means patients may ‘know nothing’ about the plans.

The BMA has called on NHS Digital and the government to delay plans for a major data extraction programme, warning that a lack of publicity means patients may ‘know nothing’ about the plans.

The BMA has called on NHS Digital and the government to delay plans for a major data extraction programme, warning that a lack of publicity means patients may ‘know nothing’ about the plans.

Dozens of GP practices could refuse to share patient data with NHS Digital as a major new data extraction programme begins from July.

Dozens of GP practices could refuse to share patient data with NHS Digital as a major new data extraction programme begins from July.

Dozens of GP practices could refuse to share patient data with NHS Digital as a major new data extraction programme begins from July.

The company behind the controversial GP at Hand service – which holds England’s largest GP patient list with nearly 90,000 NHS patients – lost more than £95m in 2019, its annual accounts show.

GP at Hand is set to become England’s largest practice after the provider currently in top spot announced it will break up next year – but the controversial digital first outfit’s patient list could outgrow its rivals well before then.

NHS leaders have promised to roll out electronic discharge summaries across England ‘soon’ following a trial in Dorset, saving GPs time by removing the need to enter data manually from discharge letters to practice IT systems.