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NPfIT timetable

Outline timetable for the implementation of England’s National Programme for IT in the NHS

Implementation is expected to be carried out in three main phases between 2004 and 2010. Outline timetables for when core and additional services are expected to be operational are being worked on. A rough guide, which could easily change, is shown below.

 

 

Phase 1: June — December 2004 - Care record’s content and functions

 

  • Electronic booking of hospital appointments from GP surgeries;
  • basic patient information;
  • birth and death notification;
  • recording of allergies; and
  • beginning of summary healthcare record

 

 

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Phase 2: by June 2006

 

  • Individuals will be able to access their own NHS care records through a web service called HealthSpace (by 2005);
  • health record grows;
  • all letters from GPs to hospitals and community practices added;
  • local requesting and reporting of diagnostic tests; and
  • paperless prescription.

 

 

Phase 3: by 2008

 

  • Support for all doctors and nurses to help with decisions;
  • error warnings relating to decisions;
  • care at home improved with remote links to healthcare professionals anywhere in the community; and
  • better healthcare planning by using facts and figures held on the NHS care record.

 

 

Up to 2010

 

  • Final features will be incorporated to complete full integration between healthcare and socialcare systems across England.

 

 

 

Listed below are the NPfIT elements with an expected timeframe:

  • eBooking (phase 1)
  • National record spine (phase 1)
  • Electronic transmission of prescriptions (phase 1)
  • Shared single assessments and clinical plans  (No information)
  • Integrated care pathways — multiorganisational (phase 1)
  • GP systems phase 2 — central server (phase 1)
  • Best-of-breed clinical specialty (NSF) systems (phase 1)
  • Resource management/EIS health-community wide (No date)
  • Telecare and telemonitoring  (No date)
  • Digital imaging — PACS (Additional)
  • Electronic prescribing and medicines administration (No information)
  • PAS replacement/ePMI/community index (phase 1)
  • Access to knowledgebases (phase 1)
  • Replace A&E systems (phase 1)
  • Integration of medical devices (phase 1)
  • Replace radiology information systems (Additional)
  • Replace pathology systems (Additional)
  • Support allied healthcare professionals (No date)

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