IMT Activities

I have varied IT involvement, mostly relating to General Medical Practice in the UK, but also applicable to other non-medical organisations.

Contact me to see what help I can offer if you have any interest in any of the following or related activities.

• Author of the GP Website service GPUK.net
  • This is a content management system written by myself, offering secure online GP appointment booking, repeat prescription ordering, etc. GPUK.net was one of the first (maybe the first) to provide GP surgeries with .nhs.uk domain names.
• Author of the GP Vision QOF Tool QOFcountdown
  • Used by many GP practices who use INPS Vision software to analyse and improve their performance under the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
• National Vision User Group:
  • Secretary of the Executive of the National Vision User Group
  • Administrator of the NVUG Forum and Mailing Lists
    • The forum runs using the open source software FUDforum, and I have also installed and configured FUDforum for other organisations.
    • The mailing list uses EZMLM open source mailing list manager. I manage several other mailing lists besides the above.
• One of the clinicians providing clinician input in some aspects of the NHS National Programme for IT, including:
  • The Electronic Prescription Service 
  • GP2GP Electronic Record Transfer
  • and others.
• Miscellaneous, such as authoring Miquest Queries and Vision Clinical Audits

Some other activities apply not only to General Practice and the NHS but are open to other organisations as well.

• Web-programming and hosting, especially using the TYPO3 Content Management System e.g. the websites of
  • Western Chan Fellowship
  • Bury PCT
  • FMVSO
  • The County Practice Syston
  • The Uplands Medical Practice
  • Spellcheck-IT
  • Rochdale and Bury Local Medical Committee (LMC)
• Website hosting and advice for some other sites:
  • General Practice Airways Group GPIAG
  • International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG
  • AnimalsWild - African Wildlife Photographs
• SEO - website Search Engine Optimisation, to improve your rankings in search engines such as Google and Yahoo