Pharmacy Services Release 5.1

Summary of Changes

Pharmacy Services release 5.1 contains the following new features and improvements:

Hypertension Case-Finding Service

Important - The Hypertension Case-Finding Service is included in Pharmacy Services 5.1 as part of a phased rollout, which means it isn’t available immediately for all pharmacies. You will receive further information about this functionality when it is available to your organisation.
  • The Hypertension Case-Finding Service allows you to identify people over the age of 40 who have previously not been diagnosed with hypertension, and to refer those with suspected hypertension for appropriate management:

PFS Referrals and Contraception Service

  • Renaming SCR to NCRS - References to Summary Care Record (SCR) in the PFS Referrals and Contraception Services screens now refer to National Care Records Service (NCRS):

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