QMS logo Useful links
 

nGMS and QOF

Latest nGMS QOF Rule set (v16.0) from theDoH

Information on the national QMAS system from NPFIT

BMA – What the BMA has to say about nGMS

BMA – on QMAS

Natpact information on QoF from the Primary Care Contracting (PCC) site

Read Code Training – courses available from Team Associates

Connecting for Health - What is happening in NHS IT nationally

Clinical System Suppliers

EMIS – contact supplier

IPS – Vision – Contact supplier

Isoft – Torex – Contact Supplier

Microtest – Contact supplier

Other Links of possible interest

Primary Health Care Specialist Group of the British Computer Society is concerned with all aspects of information technology affecting primary care.

PRODIGY is a national initiative to develop a computerised clinical decision support system for UK general practice, based a the Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle (SCHIN)

Centre for Evidence Based Medicine This Oxford based centre is the first of several in the UK whose aim is to promote evidence-based health care and provide support to anyone wishing to practice it. The website provides an electronic publishing forum for items of evidence that can be accessed quickly.

BMJ Clinical Evidence site (www.clinicalevidence.com): Monthly updates of best available evidence for effective healthcare.

National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) is a Special Health Authority set up to provide guidance for the NHS on current best practice. NICE guidance covers both individual health technologies (including medicines and medical devices) and the clinical management of specific conditions.

Cochrane Collaboration (UK) The UK Cochrane Centre is part of an international network, the Cochrane Collaboration, committed to preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews of research on the effects of health care. In the UK, information is disseminated by the York University based NHS Centre for Review and Dissemination (CRD).

Pubmed Anyone can access MEDLINE's 10,000,000 biomedical journal citations to research biomedical questions. Clicking the 'Related articles' link for each abstract can expand your search.

NHS Library (www.library.nhs.uk): National electronic library for health. Includes “Best Treatments” – research information translated into patient friendly format.

QRESEARCH is an ethical high quality non-profit making database for research derived from general practice. QRESEARCH is based in the Division of Primary Care at the University of Nottingham.

ScHARR Sheffield School of Health and Related Research, Sheffield University, Another site providing an excellent list of evidence-based links

eMIMS offers registered users easy access to an extensive range of drug information.

EBMJ The BMJ online, which includes a current awareness service to keep you up-to-date with the latest articles

Free Medical Journals.com This site provides free access to the full articles of many online medical journals.

Exeter Medical Systems (now Protechnic Exeter)

Healthy Software

Seetec