Gp2 gp commissioning show presentation

1. GP2GP
Don’t wait – integrate!

2. What is GP2GP?
GP2GP enables patients’ electronic health records to be transferred
directly, securely, and quickly between GP practices.
Improving patient care as GPs have full and detailed medical records
available to them for a new patient’s first consultation.
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record
GP2GP is available on
TPP SystmOne INPS VisionEMIS LV & Web

3. When does GP2GP happen?
A successful GP2GP electronic health record transfer takes place when:
• a patient joins a GP practice as a full General Medical Services
registration
• there’s a successful PDS (Personal Demographics Service) match
• the new and old practice are both in England
• and both practices are live with GP2GP
Smartcards are essential when registering new patients.
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record

4. Why use GP2GP?
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record
Legal - The General Medical Services GP Contract 2014 places a
contractual requirement to utilise GP2GP whenever possible, for
the transfer of patient records between practices.
Ethical - Patients expect GPs to receive their medical records at the
earliest opportunity. Receipt and integration of the GP2GP electronic
health record fully supports this expectation.
Policy - GP2GP supports the Health Secretary’s objective that ‘patients
should have compatible digital records so their health information can
follow them around the health and social care system’.

5. GP2GP facts
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record
More than 5 million
electronic health
records transferred
to patient’s new GPs
between 2007 and
2015
95% of England’s GP practices are now live
with GP2GP GP2GP is supported
by the BMA & RCGP
Joint GP IT
Committee
Around 50% of all electronic health record
transfers are integrated the same day they are
received by practices

6. Benefits for practices and patients
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Full electronic health record available
for the patient’s first and subsequent
consultations ensures continuity of care
for ongoing medical conditions
Safer prescribing
provided by access to
the patient’s current and
past medication, and to
any recorded allergies
and adverse reactions
Time savings gained from access to
referral letters, investigation results,
and incoming documentation from
secondary care, out of hours services,
emergency departments
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record
No need for patients
to provide a detailed
account of their
previous medical
history to their new
clinician

7. GP2GP version 2.2 – launching summer 2015
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record
Version 2.2 includes a number of benefits for practices and patients:
• Large messaging
• Reduction in paper printing
• Full electronic health record integration for returning patients (like
students and seasonal workers)

8. LARGE MESSAGING
Records exceeding 5 megabytes or
having more than 99 attachments
will be transferrable.
BENEFITS
Patients with complex health
conditions usually have larger
electronic health records, and the
ability to transfer their medical
information through Large
Messaging supports continuity of
care, and will reduce the time and
effort required by the new practice
to assess medical histories and
prioritise care for these patients.
Large messaging
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record

9. Reducing paper printing
REDUCING PAPER PRINTING
Sending practices will be able to
see if any attachments need
printing because they were not
delivered successfully.
BENEFITS
Sending practices will save time and
energy if they do not need to print
parts of the electronic health record
to send onto the new patient’s GP.
Receiving practices will see a
significant reduction in time-
consuming scanning and attachment
of documents for new patients.
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record

10. RETURNING PATIENTS
Enables record integration for
patients returning to practices they
have previously been registered at.
BENEFITS
Being able to receive and fully
integrate the electronic health record
for these patients ensures the rich
electronic health record is
maintained when the patient returns
to a previous practice, and supports
continuity of care.
Benefits practices with high numbers
of students in higher education, or
seasonal workers.
Returning patients
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record

11. “Increased safety through
knowledge of allergies, previous
history. Seamless transition of
medical treatment for ongoing
conditions.”
“Everything transfers across in one
quick step and is automatically filed
into the relevant sections of a
patient's record. At first I thought “it
can't be as simple as that?” But it
really is. I think it's fantastic!”
“Gives the clinician a background to the patient's medication history so when
patient attends the GP is more aware of what care will be needed and can
process any follow-up care that may be needed which could (without GP2GP
transfer) get overlooked/stalled until paper notes reach us.”
GP2GP user feedback
GP2GP Achieving the lifelong electronic health record

12. GP2GP resources
Email: gp2gp@hscic.gov.uk
Website: www.hscic.gov.uk/gp2gp
GP2GP newsletter: www.hscic.gov.uk/gp2gpnews
CCG/CSU monthly utilisation reports: www.hscic.gov.uk/gp2gputilisation