Turn Repeat Masters into Chronic Medication Service (CMS) Items

You can bulk reauthorise existing repeat masters as CMS items. The process allows you to review each item sequentially and they must be processed to completion before the next one is considered and CMSis automatically ticked.

1. From Consultation Manager, select a patient and make sure a consultation is started.
2. Select Therapy - Repeats.
3. Select the repeats you want to reauthorise as CMS.
4. Select Reauthorise as CMS , Reauthorise Repeat as CMS is only available if:
   • CMS is switched on.
   • The patient meets the CMS eligibility/registration criteria.
   • The selected drug(s) are eligible for CMS.
   • You must also have the relevant prescribing security rights in Control Panel.
5. The repeats are then processed sequentially. If any repeat fails to be reauthorised, the process continues with the next one regardless. As with Bulk Reauthorisations, the following are checked:
   • Constraints on force reauthorise.
   • Prompt for unexpired Repeats.
   • Constraints on inactive drugs.
6. Providing the checks are successful, the Reauthorised CMS Item - Add screen displays with CMS ticked and your defaults, fro example, medication term and dispensing frequency, populated:

   

   Note - Providing the Repeat item(s) is compatible with CMS, CMS is automatically ticked.
7. Select OK to accept and continue to the next therapy selected for reauthorisation. If a Repeat is not initially compatible, for example, private medication, a warning displays:

   

8. Select OK to return to the Reauthorised CMS Item - Add screen and either, update the information on the form and then OK, or select Cancel.

9. You can now print the required items.

The original repeat masters are now inactivated with the reason for inactivation recorded as "Reauthorisation":