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DIGITAL ACCESS

Digital Access is one of the SWL ICB priorities outlined in the Joint 5 Year Forward Plan. GP IT systems sit at the heart of primary care technology facilitating and recording millions of interactions with patients every week. GP practices have led the way in the move from paper to digital record-keeping and are now well on the way to offering online transactions, such as appointment bookings and repeat prescriptions, across all practices in England.

EMPOWERING PATIENTS

  • Improving Information and NHS App functionality

  • Expanding Community Pharmacy Services

  • Increasing Self-Directed Care

IMPLEMENTING MODERN GENERAL PRACTICE

  • Better Digital Telephony

  • Simpler online requests

  • Faster navigation, assessment & response

BUILDING CAPACITY

  • Larger multi-disciplinary teams

  • More new doctors

  • Retention & return of experienced GPs

  • Higher priority for primary care in housing developments

CUTTING BUREAUCRACY

  • Championing the 7 principles for reducing bureaucracy.

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