Introduction

Important - GP2GP Wales is only available to practices that access Vision through the Wales AEROS managed server.

GP2GP enables the electronic transfer of computerised patient notes from a patient's previous practice to a new practice, when they register for primary health care, see GP2GP Wales Overview for details.

The main benefits of GP2GP are:

• Improved Quality and Continuity of Care

• Full patient electronic health record available for the patient's first appointment, which results in a more focused and informed consultation.
• Past medical history available and information about medication, allergies, adverse reactions, immunisations and vaccinations.

• Improved Safety

• Fewer transcribing errors and omissions, the need to key in information from paper records is greatly reduced.
• Allergies and adverse reactions are flagged for review for new patients, resulting in safer prescribing.

• Clinical Time Saving

• The electronic health record contains information such as lab results and letters from specialists, which helps in the clinical decision-making process.
• This also means there are fewer requests for unnecessary duplicate lab tests.

• Administrative Time Saving

• The need to key information from paper records is greatly reduced. This results in quicker summarisation of new patient records.
• Attachments received electronically, which results in time saved not having to re-scan items into the patient's electronic health record.
• Quality and Outcomes Framework information populated immediately when a patient's electronic health record is integrated.

GP2GP in Wales is currently available for patient transferring within Wales and restricted to the following system restrictions:

• Vision to Vision
• Vision to EMIS Web
• EMIS Web to Vision

  Note - You do not need to log into an EDI account in order to receive or send GP2GP messages