GP2GP is a three-stage process.
- The first stage is to register the new patient on the clinical system and perform a Personal Demographics Service search, to see if the patient has an entry on the Spine. A successful search and match will request their electronic health record to be sent.
- The second stage, sending, is automated and usually takes no more than a couple of minutes.
- Once the record is received, the third stage is to integrate or file the record into the clinical system. This makes it available for use within the practice and also informs the sending practice if they need to print copies of the record or attachments, before they send the Lloyd George envelope to the new practice.
Integration should be performed promptly, whilst degrades and medication authorisation can be completed later, by summarisers or clinicians. The patient’s new and old GP practices currently both need to be in England and each to be live with GP2GP.
GP Registrations Data Platform
The GP Registrations Data Platform can be used to view integration times for practices receiving GP2GP transfers.
The platform provides monthly data about the number of transfers your practice received, how many were integrated within 3 days, 8 days and those that were not integrated within 8 days.
This information can be used to help you keep track of your integrations and identify areas to investigate further. Transfers that are not integrated within 8 days trigger the paper process, so avoiding this will help reduce the administrative burden on your practice.