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GP Locums and ePharmacy
A Locum or GP Registrar user picks up the Responsible Partner’s GMC code if their own is not recorded in Control Panel.
We recommend if GP locums are doing sessions at your practice that each and every locum name is entered as a record under Staff (role = Locum) in Control Panel - File Maintenance and their own prescribing number is added.
Check that the locum's GMC code is entered in Control Panel - File Maintenance - Edituser [locum name] - Identifiers tab. If the GMC code is not entered for locums, registrars and GP retainers, then their Responsible Partner's GMC code is used.
You can inactivate or activate locum staff very quickly from the Control Panel - File Maintenance - Staff record to control their display in staff lists.
What is not recommended is the practice of entering just one locum in the Staff file, called, for example, Dr Locum, and not entering a GMC code on this record. No prescriptions are printed from a GP prescriber without a GMC code. From an audit point of view, the correct name of the GP locum and the correct GMC code is important against each issued prescription.
