Written question asked by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Friday, 31 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 November 2003. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the ease of collection of quality indicators for general medical services practices through the introduction of new computer systems to the NHS.

Answer: Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the ease of collection of quality indicators for general medical services practices through the introduction of new computer systems to the NHS. [136633] Mr. Hutton: The Department is currently in discussion with the General Practitioners Committee and the NHS Confederation regarding the development of computer systems to support the quality and outcomes framework. The proposed solution will seek to minimise the practice work load by supplying practices and primary care trusts with systems which will support their business processes.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 136633; 413 c273W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Software Computers General practitioners NHS Primary care trusts Statistics Standards
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk