Pharmacy Services Release 9.0

Summary of Changes

Pharmacy Services release 9.0 contains the following new features and improvements:

All Services

  • PDS Search - A new Personal Demographics Service (PDS) search option enables you to search for a patient's PDS record using their name, date of birth and gender, making it quicker and easier to add a patient record to the system without needing their NHS number.

  • Context Sensitive Help - To optimise the online help you receive when selecting the link to Help from the Side Navigation Bar, you are now directed to the relevant topic in the Pharmacy Services Help Centre. For example, selecting the Help link whilst performing a New Medicine Service (NMS), directs you to the NMS help topics making it quicker and easier to find the answer you need.

Pharmacy First

  • Clinical Pathway Walk-Ins - The Pharmacy First Referrals screen now includes a new Start a Clinical Pathways Walk-In option, enabling you to quickly create a Clinical Pathway referral for walk-in patients at your pharmacy.

    See Creating a Walk-In Pharmacy First Referral for details on the new workflow.

  • Add a Referral - The Pharmacy First overview screen now includes a new Add a Referral option, enabling you to quickly enter a manual referral, for example, if you receive a referral via email.

    See Creating a Manual Pharmacy First Referral for details on the new workflow.

  • Integrated Clinical Pathway Gateway Diagrams - Clinical Pathway specific NHS gateway diagrams now display under Patient Assessment when selecting a Clinical Pathway condition. You can view the relevant diagram without needing to access an external PDF to determine if a patient meets the Clinical Pathway eligibility criteria.

  • Age and Gender Validation for all Clinical Pathways - When selecting a Clinical Pathway condition, Pharmacy Services now automatically validates if the patient meets the age and gender eligibility criteria for the selected pathway.

    See Minor Illness/Clinical Pathways Consultation for details.

New Medicine Service (NMS)

  • New Design - We have redesigned the NMS screens to match the new style of Pharmacy Services.

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