Useful IM&T DES links

• British Medical Association (BMA)
  A voluntary professional association of that provides services and support for doctors in the UK.

• Computer Misuse Act
  The 1990 Act of Parliament regarding unauthorised access to computer material.

• Department of Health's The Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information: General Medical Services, Personal Medical Services and Alternative Provider Medical Services Directions 2005
  This document covers compliance with the code of practice on Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information.

• Department of Health's Primary Care Contracting Site Provides the latest legislation, policy guidance, contract documentation, implementation and support details for the four contracting routes as appropriate: General Medical Services (GMS), Personal Medical Services (PMS), PCT Medical Services (PCTMS) and Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contracts.

• Good Practice Guidelines for General Practice Electronic Patient Records: Guidance for GPs (PDF 1.4MB)
  General Practitioners Committee (July 2005).

• Information Commissioner's Office
  An independent public body set up to promote access to official information and to protect personal information, including regulating and enforcing the Data Protection Act.

• Implementing The IM&T DES: Data Accreditation (PDF 75KB)
  BMA & NHS Employers (April 2006).

• New DES Directions and an amendment to the GMS Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) (PDF 34KB)
  BMA & NHS Employers (July 2006).

• NHS Connecting For Health
  NHS Connecting for Health is delivering the National Programme for IT to bring modern computer systems into the NHS which will improve patient care and services.

• NHS Connecting For Health Information Governance Policy Site
  The Information Governance (IG) Policy Team is responsible for writing the IG Toolkit standards and providing related advice and guidance.

• NHS Primary Care Contracting
  NHS Primary Care Contracting (PCC) works with PCTs and SHAs to provide detailed and expert information to help maximise the benefits offered by the new contracts.

• NHS Connecting for Health's GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC)
  Aims to ensure progressive improvement of the functionality available to GPs and their patients until transition to a Local Service Provider supplied fully integrated solution.

• NHS Employers
  The employers' organisation for the NHS in England, giving employers an independent voice on workforce matters and aiming to make the NHS an employer of excellence.

• Records Management: NHS Code of Practice
  Department of Health (April 2006).

• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
  The academic organisation in the UK for general practitioners, the RCGP's aim is to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general medical practice and act as the 'voice' of general practitioners on education, training and standards issues.

• The Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information: General Medical Services, Personal Medical Services and Alternative Provider Medical Services Directions 2005
  Department of Health (March 2005).

• The National Health Service Act 2006: The Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment) (No 2) Directions 2008 (PDF 30KB)
  This consolidated version of the SFE is provided for information and ease of reference: it is not a legal document.  The consolidation includes all amending Directions up to and including The Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment) (No.2) Directions (May 2008).