Release date: 10 December 2004

With the closure of the NHS Information Authority (NHS IA) on 31 March 2005, its services will transfer to either the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) or the new Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Release date: 9 September 2004

Following on from the success of its software tool, Rush for Practices, PRIMIS has just launched a new upgraded version known as CHART, which was showcased recently at the EMIS National User Group Conference 2004.

Release date: 26 August 2004

August 2004 saw the number of PRIMIS facilitators employed by PCTs in England reach the grand total of 400. The actual number of facilitators trained by PRIMIS since the service started in April 2000 is higher than that, due to staff movements, and actually totals 555. Other achievements over the last four years include:

Release date: 26 August 2004

The National Clinical Audit Support Programme (NCASP) has worked closely with PRIMIS to develop queries for its national audit on diabetes, released throughout England on 1 July 2004.

Release date: 14 June 2004

The NHS Information Authority (NHS IA) is pleased to announce the continuation of Primary Care Information Services (PRIMIS) beyond the current funding period, which was due to run until July 2004.

Release date: 10 June 2004

PRIMIS has recently been featured in a number of press articles:

Release date; 21 May 2004

Anyone wishing to check whether there is a PRIMIS facilitator in their area can find out from the PRIMIS schemes maps. These maps have been redesigned to reflect the new clusters on which PRIMIS training regions are now based.

Release date: 6 May 2004

PRIMIS has started a pilot which, it is hoped, will result in its training being accredited for the Professional Certificate in IM&T (Health) through a collaboration with the NHSu and the NHS Information Authority (NHS IA), providing an opportunity for an independent route to the professional qualification.

Release date: 20 April 2004

PRIMIS was involved in two sessions at the recent Healthcare Computing Conference in Harrogate.

Release date: 08 April 2004

PRIMIS is now part of NHS Information Health Check (IHC), a suite of products and services that enable the NHS to understand and improve its performance through the effective use of information for decision-making.

Release date: 26 January 2004

There have been a number of new additions to the PRIMIS Team in recent months.