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Repeats, Repeat Until, Days Between, Force Reauthorise

Up until this point, the method of Therapy Add has been the same for both acute prescriptions and repeat masters. Once you make an entry into the Repeats field, the prescription becomes a repeat master. Leaving Repeats blank means the prescription is an acute one.

  1. Follow the steps in Add Therapy Summary, selecting a drug, and entering a quantity, preparation and dosage.
    • Repeats – The number entered in Repeats is the number of repeats or issues the patient can have of a prescription without seeing the GP. Once that number of issues has been made, the GP must see the patient again, in order to re-authorise the prescription which then allows further issues to be made. This is a mandatory entry. Making an entry in this Repeats field turns an Acute Therapy-Add into a Repeat Master-Add.

    • Force Re-Authorise – This is an optional entry. When the number of issues (Issues Made) equals the figure in Repeats, no further prescriptions can be issued until the repeat is re-authorised. The repeat master is then said to have expired and will be listed under Expired on Repeat Masters. On the Repeat Prescription Master - Add screen:

      Note - All prescribers can reauthorise repeats with forced reauthorised selected.

    • Repeat Until Date - You may optionally enter a date in Repeat Until Date beyond which you do not want further prescriptions printed. Rather than working out a date, you can also enter an abbreviation such as 56D (56 days) 3M (three months), or 6W (six weeks). 1Y (one year).
    • Days between issues – An optional field, which could be used for persistent patients who every time tend to come earlier for each repeat. Enter a minimum number of days between issues.
    • For example, 28 means this drug cannot be re-issued for 28 days without further authorisation, and will not appear on the Valid screen until then.
    • You can also enter a maximum number of days between issues. Once you are satisfied with your entries, click on OK.
  2. Complete the screen with OK and to display the drug check warnings (see Accept OK on Therapy - Add). Any warnings about contraindications, interactions or drug doubling will be displayed (see Drug check displays).

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