Patient Details - Patient

You can use the Patient Details - Patient tab to view or update a patient's details:

To access the Patient Details - Patient screen, either:

  • From the Find Patient screen, find the patient and then select Details or press Alt + D on your keyboard.

  • From the Dispensary screen, select either:

    • Information next to the patient's name:

    • F3 on your keyboard, this opens the Patient Details screen on the Other tab.

    • F6 on your keyboard, this opens the Patient Details screen on the Medication History tab.

Navigate to the Patient tab if required.

From here you can view or update the following:

  • Patient number - You can search for a patient using their patient number, simply enter P and the patient number (no spaces) into the Patient search.

  • Services status (Scotland only) - Highlights whether a patient is registered for Scottish services such as Medicines: Care & Review (MCR):

    • Red Cross, indicates the patient is not registered.

    • Amber exclamation mark, indicates pending registration.

    • Green tick, indicates registered.

  • Title - Select this patient's title from the list.

  • First name - Enter or update this patient's first name.

  • Other name(s) - Enter or update this patient's other names.

  • Last name - Enter or update this patient's last name.

  • Ethnicity - Select this patient's ethnicity from the list.

  • Address - Enter or update this patient's address. Select PR26 to search the address database, see Adding Addresses for more details.

  • Handout - Select the handout method for this patient, either In store collection, Delivery or Robot Collection.

  • Location - Enter or update any addition location information, for example 'Top Floor'.

  • Postcode - Enter or update this patient's postcode.

  • Fax - Enter or update this patient's fax contact number.

  • Home phone - Enter or update this patient's home contact number.

  • Mobile - Enter or update this patient's mobile number.

  • Work phone - Enter or update this patient's work contact number.

  • Main contact - Select which contact is this patient's main contact, select from Unknown, Home, Work or Mobile.

  • E-Mail - Enter or update this patient's email address.

  • Nursing Home - If this patient lives in a nursing home the home displays here, select Details to view the Monitored Dosage System screen for the nursing home.

  • MDSC Patient - If this patient is a community patient the details display here, select Details to view the Monitored Dosage System screen for this patient.

  • Sex - Select the sex of this patient, select from Male, Female or Unknown.

  • DoB - Enter or update this patient's date of birth.

  • Age - Automatically completes based on this patient's date of birth.

  • Group - Automatically completes based on this patient's date of birth. To update, select from Child, Adult, Elderly or Unknown.

  • NHS No - Enter or update this patient's NHS number.

  • CHI No - Enter or update this patient's CHI number.

  • NI No - Enter or update this patient's NI number.

  • Temporary patient - Select Temporary patient if this patient does not live in your area and is unlikely to return.

  • Patient is exempt - Select to mark that this patient is exemption from prescription charges. See Patient Details: Exemptions tab for more details.

  • No fixed abode - Select if this patient does not have an address, the Address and Postcode options inactivate.

  • Always verify collection - Select to record the handout for this patient.

  • Patient is deceased - Select to set this patient as deceased.

  • App User - Select to set this patient as an application user. See Marking a patient as an App user for more details.

  • MUR Leaflet - Select to print an MUR leaflet. This explains the purpose of MURs and enables this patient to complete the consent form.

  • Welcome Leaflet - Select to print a welcome leaflet for this patient. To set welcome leaflets to print automatically, see Pharmacy Details - Dispensing.

  • Registration Card - Select to print a registration card label for this patient.

    Training Tip - Registration labels can be stuck to cards and provided to patients. They can then be used as a means of identifying patients when they return to the pharmacy with subsequent prescriptions. To set registration card label to print automatically, see Pharmacy Details - Dispensing.
  • Address Label - Select or press Alt + Z on your keyboard to print an address label for this patient. If configured this label can include a barcode or a QR code.

From the bottom of the Patient Details - Patients screen you can select:

  • Intervene - Select to initiate an intervention, see The intervention wizard for more details.

  • Delete - Select to delete this patient. A Delete Patient warning displays:

    Select Yes to continue with the deletion, or No to retain this patient.

    Important - This permanently removes this patient from your system.
  • OK - Select to save the changes and close the Patient Details screen.

  • Cancel - Select to close the Patient Details screen without saving any changes.

  • Apply - Select to save any changes made. You can then select Close to close the Patient Details screen.

For information on other Patient Details tabs, see Patient Details.
Note – To print this topic select Print in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.