Pharmacy Services Release 1.1

Summary of Changes - March 2022

Pharmacy Services release 1.1 contains the following new features and improvements:

• CPCS Referrals - The following changes have been made to PFS Referrals:

  • Patient GP Details check - You can now perform a GP Practice Search when adding a manual referral, or editing a patient's GP details from the Consultation screen of an existing referral, either:
    • Select GP PRACTICE SEARCH if the patient's GP details need adding, or
    • Select EDIT GP PRACTICE to check the patient's GP details are accurate and edit as appropriate.

  The GP Practice Search screen displays:

  

  Note - The GP Practice Search functionality replaces the previous GP ODS Code functionality.
  See Creating a Manual Pharmacy First Referral for more details.
  • NHS Case ID and Disposition Code removal - You do not require an NHS Case ID or an NHS 111 Disposition Code when you select GP as the Referral Origin.

• Log in as a Locum - Locum users can now log in to Pharmacy Services using a pharmacy Locum account:

  

  See Logging in to Pharmacy Services for more information.

• Automatic Account Lockout - If you enter your Username and/or Password wrong five times, you are now automatically locked out of Pharmacy Services. The system sends an email to the email address set up in User Settings to notify you of this, and to try again after five minutes.