SCR PDS Synchronisation

If you choose to defer, a SCR Patient Demographic Service (PDS) synchronisation automatically runs. The following criteria must be synchronised in order to update or send the patient's SCR:

NHS number Gender + DOB Surname	Forename or Postcode

Once a SCR PDS synchronisation is successfully run, Identity Confirmed displays in the patient title bar in Consultation Manager. You are then able to access national services for SCR functionality.

Points to note:

• If PDS and Vision 3 data have corresponding blanks for non-mandatory demographic information (ie other than the above), the PDS synchronisation is regarded as matched.
• If the patient demographic data is not successfully SCR PDS synchronised, the patient is Unlinked. You can view their local and Spine summaries, but any changes to the local summary are not sent to the NHS Spine.
  Note - A task is created for unlinked patients as they have an outstanding PDS mismatch. Updates to the summary cannot be sent or queued until the mismatch is resolved. See SCR - PDS Mismatches in the Daybook Help Centre or How do I manage SCR error message tasks? in the Tasks Help Centre for details.