Community Pharmacist

Vision Anywhere access rights for a Community Pharmacist depend on the rights allocated when setting the user up in your Vision 3 system.

In order to be able to prescribe in both Vision 3 and Vision Anywhere, a pharmacist needs to set up as a supplementary prescriber with their RPSGB code and or HSW Registration code.

When setting up a new community pharmacist it is useful to check the following:

• Does the pharmacist work across more than one practice?

  • Yes - Check that their role i.e. prescribing authority is the same as the other practices, if so check which email address was used and set this email address up in control panel. See - Preparing for Vision Anywhere.
    If their role is slightly different we recommend using a different email address.
  • No - Set the user up as normal.

• Does the pharmacist sign the prescriptions?

  • Yes - Ensure that the pharmacist is correctly set up in Vision 3 as a supplementary prescriber, and allocated the correct role in File Maintenance.
  • No - The GPs sign prescriptions. There is no need to set up the Pharmacist with prescriber settings.

For further information on prescribing please see:

• Medications
• Recording Medication
• Prescribing within a Shared Care Setting