Patient Consent for Acute Medication Service (AMS)

Patient consent for participation in the Acute Medication Service (AMS) scheme is assumed, though it can be withdrawn.

If a patient withdraws consent, you must record the dissent in the patient' record.

Note - Once consent is withdrawn, a prescription does not print with a barcode and there is no electronic message.

To record disseent:

From Consultation Manager, select the patient in the usual way.
Select Patient Details - Preferences:
Training Tip - You can also access the patient's consent form from within Prescription Manager and from the Consent tab of their Registration record.
Select Change and the ePharmacy Consent screen displays:
Send eAMS prescriptions is ticked by default, to record dissent, remove the tick.
Select Save to save the change.

Note – To print this topic select Print

in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.