Event: NHS Spine supplier event in Leeds

Are you a supplier who accesses or consumes NHS products and services? Do you integrate with our core Spine products, such as our MESH (Message Exchange for Social Care), Event Management Service (NEMS), Spine Directory Service (SDS) or National Record Locator (NRL)? 

If so, please join us at our Leeds office (7 & 8 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP) on Friday September 15 from 10am to 1pm.

The aim of this session is to understand how you use these products, the barriers or challenges you face in gaining access, the gaps you would like us to address and what you would like us to focus on in the future.

Product owners, subject matter experts and members from the wider Spine Futures team will be attending, and we will explore the following themes across our product set:

  • onboarding and assurance

  • sharing data

  • technical integration

If you are interested in joining the discussion and helping shape our future direction, please register your interest by 17 August.

We are limited for space so, should we be oversubscribed, we may limit attendance per organisation.  We hope to be able to accommodate everyone who wants to attend but we will confirm on 18 August if you have a place.

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For action: Update on next steps to switch on access to online GP records

You can request EMIS to automatically enable your patients access to their records. This will save you considerable time, as the alternative will be to enable each patient record individually.

There are only 2 sessions remaining in September and October where EMIS are running these ‘bulk enablement’ processes for participating practices. To add your practice to the list, please book a slot as soon as possible.

You can update your system yourself by following this user guide (FutureNHS login required). St Chad’s and Chilcompton Surgery has already used the guide and reported it took about an hour and was easy to follow. Our support team is available to help you.

The updated GP contract requires all practices to provide their patients with online access to new (prospective) health information in their GP records (unless exceptions apply) by 31 October 2023. 

The only exceptions are people who have asked to opt out or individuals identified as at risk. This means the application of SNOMED CT exclusion (104) code should only be applied to those individuals.

More information about enabling access can be found on the NHS Digital website. If you need any help or advice, you can contact our dedicated support team.

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