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Supports the standardised recording of Consultations and other General Practice activities. Also supports the extraction of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) data for the FGM data set.
Capability outcomes
For a Patient: | There is a detailed and standardised history of consultations including those between Healthcare Professionals that supports more efficient and timely diagnosis and treatment. |
For General Practice: | Standardised recording and maintenance of accurate Consultation data. Enable timely and efficient access to Consultation data to support Patient care and safety. |
For the wider NHS and social care system: | Enabling Healthcare Professionals from a variety of services and settings to access accurate and detailed Consultation data in support of decision making and provision of Patient services. |
Epic description: C15E1 - record Consultation information
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The following capabilities are referred to as foundation capabilities and are important to understand as they represent a gateway into the receipt of GMS funding – see here for more detail.
- Appointments management - GP
- GP referral management
- GP resource management
- Patient information maintenance
- Prescribing
- Recording consultations.
In addition to the predefined capabilities, suppliers can define Productivity Capabilities for functions that are applicable to primary care, but are not encompassed by the predefined capabilities. These productivity capabilities will be grouped into themes and the Catalogue Solutions mapping to them will be available via the Catalogue. [I am told the Catalogue will not support the searching of productivity capabilities for some time, hence the minimal info provided here.]
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