Pharmacy Services Release 7.3

Summary of Changes

Pharmacy Services release 7.3 contains the following new features and improvements:

All Services

Coming Soon

Important - The Pharmacy Services 7.3 release incorporates the NHS Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS) to enable Pharmacy First GP Referrals to be delivered directly to Pharmacy Services. As soon as we receive NHS Rollout Approval, we will automatically turn this on for you and inform you as soon as it becomes available.

Pharmacy First

  • Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS) - Minor Illness/Clinical Pathways referrals sent by GPs, to your pharmacy now display automatically on the Pharmacy First - Referrals screen and can be identified by the reference ID for example, 'PF-BARS-105':

  • BaRS Referrals - Patient Informant Details - When included in the BaRS Referral sent from a GP, a Patient Informant Details section displays on the Referral Details and Referral Summary screens once a referral is completed. The details include the Name, Relationship and Phone Number of the informant(s):

  • BaRS Referrals - Birth Sex - When included in the BaRS Referral sent from a GP, a patient's Birth Sex now displays on the Patient Details section of a BaRS Referral as well as the patient's Gender:

This release also includes some background fixes and improvements to Pharmacy Services.

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