GP Connect

We are delighted to announce that TPP has become the first GP system supplier to achieve full roll-out approval for Access Record: HTML as part of NHS Digital’s GP Connect programme. The programme ensures that staff across the NHS can access vital information from GP practice records. This full roll-out approval marks a major step forward for the GP Connect programme and the national interoperability initiative. It will help to deliver better care for patients across care settings and improve coordination between staff working across primary care networks. 
 

GP Connect has worked with GP clinical system suppliers to develop Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). These APIs make data from clinical systems available in a standard form so that it can be used across different systems and be made available to clinicians who need access to the data for direct patient care.

The GP Connect programme is now supporting the development of products that connect with the APIs to use data from patient records and appointment schedulers for patient care by integrating it or importing it into local clinical systems.

We’re working with selected partnerships of health and care organisations and software suppliers. Partnerships will use the APIs to develop technical solutions to local issues with sharing patient records and appointment booking across system boundaries.

GP Connect is currently in First of Type with the Access Record: HTML capability. We’ve developed the ‘First of Type’ process to support the development of GP Connect Capabilities and to provide assurance of the early iterations. The current FOTs in Leeds and Newbury are approaching an end and we expect to be bringing on new sites in the coming weeks.

Plans for further capabilities are being finalised and progress will be published via this website. Further information regarding our FOT sites is available here. 

Find out more about getting involved with GP Connect

Current GP Connect pilot projects

The intention is that GP Connect capabilities will be available for commission from GP System Suppliers across England subject to successful development, assurance, testing and First of Type. In the first instance, suppliers, end users and commissioners should contact the programme team to register an interest and discuss their use case in more detail.
 
Progress to date
The table below provides more information on the status of each of the capabilities the GP Connect Programme will deliver by clinical system. This refers to progress to date on the GP system supplier side