In Control Panel - File Maintenance

  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance - Staff, enter a list of those who are prescribers, including doctors and nurses, in Control Panel - File Maintenance and the default prescriber (see Setup Default Prescribers). Enter the Prescribing number for GPs. Mark any GP as Handwritten exempt in order to print controlled drug prescriptions. All doctors should have a GMC code entered in Identifiers.
  • All GP prescribers should have a GMC code set up in Control Panel - File Maintenance - Staff - Edit user - IdentifiersAdd. An exception is made for locums, registrars and GP retainers in Scotland prescribing under ePharmacy, where, if no GMC code is entered, the value of their Responsible Partners will be used. An exception is made for locums, registrars and GP retainers in Scotland prescribing under ePharmacy, where, if no GMC code is entered, the value of their Responsible Partners will be used.
  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance - Staff - Edit user - Identifiers Add - for GPs and nurses who prescribe private Controlled Drugs, enter the private controlled drug code (PCD Code for England and IPC code for Wales) in Identifier Type and type in the code in Identifier Value. The PCD code in England has the format 6AAAAA (eg 6ABCDE); and the IPC code in Wales PNNNNNN, eg P123456.
  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance, Staff - enter the Formulary options for prescribing nurses – either Nurse Formulary or Extended Nurse Formulary.
  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance, Staff - enter Independent and Supplementary Prescribers from nurses/pharmacists. In Wales, SPs need also to enter their HSW Registration Number in Identifiers.
  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance - Organisations, add manufacturers in Organisations - needed when entering batch numbers.
  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance - Organisations, add your Clinical Commissioning Group (England)/Health Board (Wales and Scotland)/Local Commissioning Group (N.I)and add their identifier code.
  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance - Organisations, add pharmacies. Then in Consultation Manager - Patient Details - click on the tab Preferences, to add the preferred pharmacy for each patient. Click on Change. The preferred pharmacy will be printed on the prescription (FP10SS0901) under Pharmacy Stamp.
  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance - Practice Details, enter the address of the main surgery to be printed on prescriptions, and choose which Clinical Commissioning Group (England)/Health Board (Wales and Scotland)/Local Commissioning Group (N.I) is to be printed on prescriptions.
  • In Control Panel - File Maintenance - Staff Configuration Utility, from a list of workstations, quickly update the Prescription Printers, Drug Label Printers, and Word Processor choice.
  • Enable Scriptswitch in Control Panel - Security - Add/Edit user.