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GP2GP Roadmap

Future changes planned and past changes delivered for GP2GP.

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Strategy

Our main goals are:

  • Provide a service across the nation that makes things easier for GP practices.
  • Create a patient-centered service to simplify the GP registration process.
  • Enhance the quality of data throughout the NHS.
  • Equip GPs with the digital tools necessary for modern general practice.
  • Understand our users' needs better to guide ongoing improvements.

Roadmap

The project roadmap outlines crucial project stages, objectives and timelines that we are researching or planning to deliver in coming months.

Its aim is to make it easier to understand and encourage teams to work together to improve patient care and service delivery.

This roadmap was last reviewed by the team on 23/01/2024.  

January to March 2024
  • Provide digital registration reports for practices.
  • Encourage patients to use NHS Login more to reduce waiting times.
  • Gather feedback from practices pausing the service.
  • Promote the use of PRF1.
  • Enhance previous practice capture processes.
  • Support backend dependencies.
  • Focus on service design.
  • Extend the rollout to more practices.
  • Warn patients trying to register with their existing GP or practice group.
  • Hard block for Out of Area (OOA) patients.
  • Inform patients with ongoing registration applications.
  • Improve the unintended registration process.
  • Enhance data validation.
  • Improve identification of practice splits, mergers, or closures.
  • Simplify family or group registrations.
  • Warn patients applying to more than one practice.
  • Streamline the confirmation process for intended practice applications.
  • Improve the patient journey for non-English-speaking citizens.
  • Enhance patient journeys for those experiencing homelessness.

Change history

In this section you can find project milestones that the service reached in previous years.

  • Integrated with the NHS App.
  • Implemented Robotic Process Automation (RPA) support.
  • Enabled self-service configuration via Profile Manager.
  • Improved registration type derivation for faster processing.
  • Included a Summary Care Record (SCR) consent question.
  • Configured dispensing practices and nominated pharmacy questions.
  • Supported bulk practice enrolment for ICBs.
  • Supported bulk practice enrolment for ICBs.
  • Fixes to improve catchment area and direct patients to their closest practice.
  • Enhanced GP email processes to align with clinical system workflows.
  • Clarified service scope through content improvements.
  • Improved P5/P9 patient journeys using existing data from PDS.
  • Simplified patient journeys for children.
  • Incorporated changes based on patient feedback.
  • Enhanced language content for Armed Forces veterans.

Get involved

To discuss and provide input to our strategy and roadmap, contact us. 

Last edited: 23 January 2024 2:54 pm