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Primary Care -
Other resources Lead person: Clare Humphreys |
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Please find below links to other sources of primary care data and useful information on Primary Care Organisations.
 | New PCT codes | Download/Open |
Downloadable spreadsheets for PCT codes including name, organisation code, address and opening dates, as well as the codes for the Strategic Health Authorities and IT Clusters that they belong to. | | | | QResearch | Download/Open |
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QRESEARCH is a large consolidated database derived from the anonymised health records of over 9 million patients.
The data currently come from 554 general practices using the EMIS clinical computer system. The practices are spread throughout the UK and include data from patients who are currently registered with the practices as well as historical patients who may have died or left. Historical records extend back to the early 1990's making it one of the largest and richest general practice databases in the world.
The aimTo develop and maintain a high quality database of general practice derived data for use in ethical medical research.
Special features
- It contains socio-economic details of each patient's postcode
- The data extracted will contain no strong patient identifiers
- Patients can opt out
- The database will be open to academic researchers with ethical committee approval
- The researchers will be provided with patient or practice level data that is required to answer their research question - not the whole dataset
- The costs of use of the data will be carefully controlled to allow the scheme to be self-funding but to allow good access to academic researchers
- Analyses will be undertaken to demonstrate the accuracy and completeness of the data and will be made available for morbidity analyses
| | | | | E-Health Insider Primary Care | Download/Open |
The latest news concerning developments around primary care data and information technology. | | | | NCASP Diabetes Audit | Download/Open |
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The NDA supports the implementation of the Diabetes NSF and aims to improve the quality of patient care for all people with diabetes in by enabling organisations to:
- ensure that clinical standards are met
- compare the processes and outcomes of diabetes care with similar NHS organisations
- identify and share good practice of the care for people with diabetes.
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The Department of Health and the NHS Modernisation Agency’s National Primary and Care Trust Development Programme (NatPaCT) have joined forces to produce this new joint primary care contracting web site.
The key aims of the site are:
- to give Primary Care Trusts, Strategic Health Authorities, GPs and other primary care professionals quick and easy access to resources and information. These resources will help them to implement the new contracting arrangements and understand more fully how they can use the new contracts to support longer-term improvements in services.
- to help other interested audiences, such as the public, the wider NHS, the media and academics understand the changes to primary care contracting and the benefits they will bring for patients and staff.
| | | | | Prescription Pricing Authority | Download/Open |
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The Prescription Pricing Authority support PCTs, Trusts, Strategic Health Authorities and other NHS bodies in their delivery of patient care.
Their main functions are:
- to calculate and make payments for amounts due to pharmacists and appliance contractors, and calculate amounts due to general practitioners, for supplying drugs and appliances prescribed under the NHS;
- to produce information for General Practitioners (GPs), Nurses, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and other NHS stakeholders about prescribing volumes, trends and costs;
- to manage a range of health benefits including the NHS Low Income Scheme, Medical and Maternity Exemption Certificates, Prescription Pre-payment Certificates and Tax Credit exemptions;
- to produce the Drug Tariff containing the reimbursement prices of a range of prescribable items and remuneration rules.
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PRIMIS is a free service to primary care organisations to help them improve patient care through the effective use of their clinical computer systems. | | |
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