Prescriber

The Prescriber on Therapy - Add defaults to the doctor currently signed on and set up inConsultation Options -Setup (see Setup Default Prescribers). It can be amended by clicking on to display those clinicians with a PPA number entered in Control Panel - File Maintenance under Staff. Click on your selection. Prescriber is disabled for any scripts other than In-Practice (see Source of Drug).

If the signed on user is not a prescriber, and all the items on the script have the same prescriber, then the prescriber is the default. The default is the member of staff defined in Consultation Options - Setup - Group 2 option (see Setup Default Prescribers).

The Prescriber field is disabled if you choose an out-of-practice option.

When you come to print a prescription, the Print Therapy / Prescription Manager screen field of Authorised Signatory (previously called Doctor to sign prescription) lets you select a signing GP who may differ from the issuing or prescribing GP. The prescribing GP is determined by which GP is signed on. If in Consultation - Options - Setup - General, you have the option Print Signing GP Name ticked, then name of whichever doctor is selected in Authorised Signatory will print on the prescription (see Default Settings for Therapy).

Note - Where there are nurse prescribers and supplementary prescribers, the scenario is different - see Prescription and Signer Selection.