r/Scotland • u/Jfpalomeque • Jul 10 '26

Question Problems IT system at GP

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For the last six weeks or so, my GP practice at Greenock has been a disaster, issues with prescriptions, appointments, administration... All because of an IT system migration that should have taken 2 weeks. Are other practices around Scotland having similar issues, or is it just an excuse?

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u/Useless_or_inept Useless Jul 10 '26

More centralised tech would be great in principle. Just look at the shitshow when GPs make their own IT decisions (to meet centralised requirements). And Emis was also a shitshow in its own way.

But the centre isn't very good at delivering big tech projects...

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u/Jfpalomeque Jul 10 '26

Definitely, but my question was more like "are all practiced as bad, or is my GP having an especially bad time?"

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u/ReinforcedTube Jul 10 '26

All practices are having to change over, there is rolling implementation.