General Practitioners: ICT

(asked on 30th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices use cloud-based telephone solutions.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
This question was answered on 27th April 2023

NHS England have estimated that nearly half of general practices (GPs) currently have cloud-based telephony systems.

The updated GP contract for 2023/24 will require practices to move to a cloud-based telephony framework when existing telephony contracts end.

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