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The NHS e-Referral Service (ERS) is an electronic referral system developed for the Health and Social Care Information Centre by IT consultancy BJSS. It is used by NHS England and it replaced the Choose and Book service on 15 June 2015. [ 1 ]
Plans for an upgraded NHS app to allow more patients in England to book treatments will be announced by the health secretary on Monday. ... GPs will also be able to refer patients with certain ...
Referral rates varied across the country, with some ISTCs performing as much 115% of their contracted volumes but with the average referral rate around 85%. Pressure was put on local GPs to refer patients to the centres, rather than to NHS hospitals, because the primary care trusts had to pay for activity whether or not it was used. [2]
A new deal with the independent sector so more NHS patients can get treated in private clinics with a particular emphasis on joint operations and gynaecological procedures ... to refer patients ...
NHS Digital ran the Spine service for the NHS, which is a central, secure system for patient data in England. [3] This enables a number of services for patients, including: the Electronic Prescription Service, which sends prescriptions digitally from GP surgeries and other NHS providers to pharmacies, without needing a printed prescription. [10]
Labour says it wants to ensure 92 per cent of patients receive care within 18 weeks of referral within the next five years, and has pledged to deliver an extra 2 million NHS appointments a year to ...
The NHS App allows patients using the National Health Service in England to book appointments with their GP, order repeat prescriptions and access their GP record. Available since late 2018, the app was developed by NHS Digital and NHS England. [1] The health ministers Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock both stressed their support for the project.
The Prime Minister said the NHS must change, with more care closer to people’s homes and greater use of technology. ... GPs will be able to refer patients directly to these centres without ...