Overview of GPSoC and FAQs
GPSoC overview
GP Systems of Choice includes all the leading GP clinical IT systems in use in England. NHS Connecting for Health is working with the suppliers, GPs and primary care trusts to improve the IT systems and services which support practices in the delivery of patient care.
With the introduction of GPSoC, practices will be able to choose between systems provided by their LSP or by suppliers that are contracted to offer systems on the GPSoC Framework. To date, more than 6,000 practices are receiving services under the GPSoC arrangements.
The GPSoC Framework suppliers will deliver NPfIT functionality in line with a common set of standards and performance measures that all suppliers must adhere to.
Under GPSoC, NHS CFH will provide central funding for the annual software licence charges and NPfIT upgrades for existing GP clinical IT systems. PCTs will need to continue to fund a much reduced portion of the annual charges and they will continue to fund locally selected additional services in full. This will release funding for PCTs to locally fund training and implementation of NPfIT services.
GPSoC introduces a set of new contractual agreements which replace the many different contracts that exist for the provision of GP clinical IT systems. PCTs and practices that have taken advantage of the GPSoC central funding have entered into these new agreements and terminated their existing contracts with their GP clinical IT system suppliers.
Download the Guide to GPSoC (PDF 243Kb) for more detail about GPSoC and its implementation.
FAQs
Tracking Database Common Issues and FAQs (PDF 32Kb)
