Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 14 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it undertook with GPs, practice managers, reception staff and other primary care professionals prior to the procurement and rollout of the Vision 3 system.
Between 2017 and 2018, a multidisciplinary group of subject matter experts (SMEs) worked to define the requirements for a future GP clinical system. This group included GPs, nurses, pharmacists, practice managers, health board facilitators, and specialists in IT and information governance.
By February 2019, following structured evaluation and scoring involving the SME group, Vision was one of three suppliers appointed to a Scottish framework agreement.
SMEs remain members of governance groups supporting the implementation of the migration programme.