Pharmacy Services Release 6.0

Summary of Changes

Pharmacy Services release 6.0 contains the following new features and improvements:

All Services

• PDS Verification - You can now verify a patient's details through the Patient Demographic Service (PDS) from all Pharmacy Services:

  

Contraception Service

The following improvements have been made to the Contraception Service:

• Initiate Oral Contraception - We have updated the Contraception Service allowing clinicians to initiate supplies of oral contraception to their patients:

  

• Product Supply Type - You can now select from one of the following product supply types when adding a Contraception product:

  

  • Patient Group Direction (PGD)

  • Independent Prescriber (Rx)

• Outcomes - You are now required to enter a clinical summary of the Contraception Service consultation with your patient in the Outcomes section:

  

CPCS Referrals

• New Design - The two Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) services, Minor Illness/Clinical Pathways and Urgent Medicines Supply have been redesigned matching the new style of Pharmacy Services.

  See Minor Illness/Clinical Pathways Consultation and Urgent Medicine Supply Consultation for details.

New Medicine Service (NMS)

• MYS Portal - NHS Reporting - NMS statistics are now automatically submitted to the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal for NHS reporting purposes.

  Note - The MYS integration for NMS does not currently support automated claims for payment. You are still required to manually enter your NMS totals each month on your FP34 submission.