A New Approach to Information Management for GPs: Navigating Data in a Changing NHS
In the evolving landscape of NHS services, GPs face increasing complexities in information management amidst a shrinking workforce and rising patient demands. The GP Fanfare initiative offers a universal document repository that provides easy access to referral forms, guidelines, and resources across NHS, independent, and voluntary sectors. It aims to enhance patient navigation by simplifying document retrieval and keeping information current. With secure and intuitive features, the platform supports the diverse needs of GPs, locums, and other healthcare providers in delivering high-quality care.
A New Approach to Information Management for GPs: Navigating Data in a Changing NHS
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GP Fanfare A New Approach to Information Management for GPs
Data, data, everywhere! • Referral forms • New and revised services • Pathways, guidelines and protocols • Alerts • Contact details
A shrinking NHS • 85% and reducing • Increasingly tightly controlled by GP commissioners • Information management getting easier
A growing independent & voluntary sector • 15% and increasing • More and more choices • Controlled by no-one • Information management getting harder
Ever-increasing specialisation • Specialities and sub-specialities • Niche services
A changing workforce • More sessional and locum work • More part timers • Greater mobility • “Time out” • Sabbaticals • Maternity leave
Better-informed patients • Often know what they want • Don’t know how to access what they want • Need the GP to be a “navigator”
Increasing pressure to do more in the consultation • Matching PUNs (Patients’ Unmet Needs) with EARs (Easily Accessible Resources) • Niche need with niche resource
The problems with web listings... • Not comprehensive – independent and voluntary sector often poorly represented • Keeping documents up to date - very administrator-dependent • Not always easily searchable
GP fanfare • Universal document repository • Any document tag-able (PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, PDF) • Searchable • NHS, independent and voluntary sectors • Free to all users
GP fanfare – viewer portal • Secure – password controlled • Intuitive search facility • “Favourites” list • Directory of posters
GP fanfare – poster portal • Secure – password controlled • Upload facility • Extensive list of tag terms – ability to add more • Edit/delete facility
A spectrum of users • GPs – established principals - new locums • Other clinical staff • Managers • ?Main information portal • ?Sits alongside commissioners portal and practice intranet
Screen shots • The following screens show how documents are uploaded and searched for:
Document search • Simple search
Document search • Advanced search
