This handbook provides guidance on electronic repeat dispensing (eRD) in Wessex. It discusses:
- What eRD is and its benefits for patients, pharmacies, and GP practices
- Training and information resources on eRD
- The process for implementing eRD, including engaging practices and pharmacies, identifying suitable patients, communicating with patients, and setting up eRD prescriptions
- Requirements for eRD champions in practices and pharmacies to promote eRD
- Eligibility criteria for eRD and exclusions like controlled drugs
- Information to provide to patients, obtaining their consent, and communicating effectively between practices and pharmacies on eRD
This document analyzes wait times in hospital emergency departments. It finds that the average wait time has increased from 46.5 minutes in 2003 to 98.7 minutes in 2013 based on data from 54 hospitals. The goal of the project is to reduce wait times by 50% annually to reach a six sigma quality level. Various factors that influence wait times are examined, including patient urgency, hospital location, and ambulance use. Solutions proposed include implementing a breakthrough team system based on lean manufacturing to streamline workflows and potentially increasing doctor staffing levels. The new process aims to reduce the wait time to 30 minutes or less.
Healthcare Delivery Reimagined: Patient Flow and Care Coordination AnalyticsAdrish Sannyasi
Come to learn how Splunk’s data analytics platform could be utilized to solve many high impact business problems in healthcare delivery systems to reduce cost, improve patient outcome and safety, and enhance care coordination experience. Analyze observed behavior from healthcare event data and metadata to discover patterns, monitor compliance, and optimize the workflow. Furthermore 80% of healthcare data is unstructured (clinical free text and documentation), or semi-structured and many new data sources are such as tele health, mobile health, sensors, and devices are getting integrated in many healthcare systems specifically in the area of chronic disease management. So, one need analytics software that can harvest, interpret, enrich, normalize, and model diverse structured and unstructured data and analytics approaches that embrace the “data turmoil” by relying less on standardized data items and more on the capability to process data in any format.
Nicholas Timmins: Canterbury, New Zealand's quest for integrated careThe King's Fund
1) Canterbury, New Zealand faced an unsustainable future healthcare demand that required a hospital twice the size, 20% more GPs, and 40% more aged care beds.
2) Leaders developed a vision of integrated care called Vision 2020 and implemented tools like lean process improvement and population health management to rethink care delivery.
3) By reducing waste like wait times and focusing funding on high-value services, Canterbury improved outcomes, shifted care to the community, and flattened healthcare demand curves, saving the need for billions in new facilities.
The document discusses the benefits of a physician dispensing model where doctors can dispense medications directly to patients from their practice. Key benefits include improved patient outcomes and compliance through greater continuity of care. It also allows practices to generate additional revenue and profit from dispensing medications. Physician dispensing requires minimal time investment and reduces errors compared to traditional pharmacy dispensing. Many states allow physician dispensing if doctors obtain the proper licensing. Management firms can help set up and handle all aspects of operating an in-office dispensing program.
Day in and day out, massive amounts of private and secure healthcare data are exchanged across the country. By connecting to the Surescripts network, doctors, pharmacists, and others can fill electronic prescriptions, review patient medication histories, report immunization records and exchange patient records. Each day, providers nationwide exchange valuable information through a single point of connectivity using our vendor neutral technology.
In 2014, the Surescripts network continued to grow, connecting more providers and exchanging more information than ever before.
We are all engaged in a hospital-wide a system of
patient flow or patient care. We are each part of the
whole. The emergency department is connected
to the ICU. The ICU is connected to the OR. The
discharge and discharge processes are connected
to our admission capabilities and capacity. It’s
like the “Dry Bones” song you learned as a child,
“The foot bone’s connected to the leg bone, the
leg bone’s connected to the knee bone, the knee
bone’s connected to the thigh bone” and so forth.
Overall flow, or “the system,” can only be improved
by applying several key strategic concepts to these
disparate but equal parts.
This document analyzes wait times in hospital emergency departments. It finds that the average wait time has increased from 46.5 minutes in 2003 to 98.7 minutes in 2013 based on data from 54 hospitals. The goal of the project is to reduce wait times by 50% annually to reach a six sigma quality level. Various factors that influence wait times are examined, including patient urgency, hospital location, and ambulance use. Solutions proposed include implementing a breakthrough team system based on lean manufacturing to streamline workflows and potentially increasing doctor staffing levels. The new process aims to reduce the wait time to 30 minutes or less.
Healthcare Delivery Reimagined: Patient Flow and Care Coordination AnalyticsAdrish Sannyasi
Come to learn how Splunk’s data analytics platform could be utilized to solve many high impact business problems in healthcare delivery systems to reduce cost, improve patient outcome and safety, and enhance care coordination experience. Analyze observed behavior from healthcare event data and metadata to discover patterns, monitor compliance, and optimize the workflow. Furthermore 80% of healthcare data is unstructured (clinical free text and documentation), or semi-structured and many new data sources are such as tele health, mobile health, sensors, and devices are getting integrated in many healthcare systems specifically in the area of chronic disease management. So, one need analytics software that can harvest, interpret, enrich, normalize, and model diverse structured and unstructured data and analytics approaches that embrace the “data turmoil” by relying less on standardized data items and more on the capability to process data in any format.
Nicholas Timmins: Canterbury, New Zealand's quest for integrated careThe King's Fund
1) Canterbury, New Zealand faced an unsustainable future healthcare demand that required a hospital twice the size, 20% more GPs, and 40% more aged care beds.
2) Leaders developed a vision of integrated care called Vision 2020 and implemented tools like lean process improvement and population health management to rethink care delivery.
3) By reducing waste like wait times and focusing funding on high-value services, Canterbury improved outcomes, shifted care to the community, and flattened healthcare demand curves, saving the need for billions in new facilities.
The document discusses the benefits of a physician dispensing model where doctors can dispense medications directly to patients from their practice. Key benefits include improved patient outcomes and compliance through greater continuity of care. It also allows practices to generate additional revenue and profit from dispensing medications. Physician dispensing requires minimal time investment and reduces errors compared to traditional pharmacy dispensing. Many states allow physician dispensing if doctors obtain the proper licensing. Management firms can help set up and handle all aspects of operating an in-office dispensing program.
Day in and day out, massive amounts of private and secure healthcare data are exchanged across the country. By connecting to the Surescripts network, doctors, pharmacists, and others can fill electronic prescriptions, review patient medication histories, report immunization records and exchange patient records. Each day, providers nationwide exchange valuable information through a single point of connectivity using our vendor neutral technology.
In 2014, the Surescripts network continued to grow, connecting more providers and exchanging more information than ever before.
We are all engaged in a hospital-wide a system of
patient flow or patient care. We are each part of the
whole. The emergency department is connected
to the ICU. The ICU is connected to the OR. The
discharge and discharge processes are connected
to our admission capabilities and capacity. It’s
like the “Dry Bones” song you learned as a child,
“The foot bone’s connected to the leg bone, the
leg bone’s connected to the knee bone, the knee
bone’s connected to the thigh bone” and so forth.
Overall flow, or “the system,” can only be improved
by applying several key strategic concepts to these
disparate but equal parts.
The document discusses challenges with the UK's current healthcare systems which have resulted in siloed data stores and difficulties accessing complete patient information. It proposes IBM's Smarter Healthcare solution to aggregate data from multiple legacy systems and medical devices in real-time to provide contextualized patient summaries and decision support capabilities. This integrated approach aims to improve care quality and coordination while reducing costs through benefits like decreased test duplication and readmissions.
Medical Associates Clinic is a large multi-specialty practice in Iowa that was using inefficient paper-based processes. They implemented McKesson's Horizon Ambulatory Care EHR to improve communication and workflow. Initial results included a 40-80% reduction in transcription costs within 2 weeks for some specialties. Once fully implemented, the EHR is projected to save over $1.7 million annually through reduced paper/transcription costs and improved coding accuracy. Physicians can now document visits electronically, improving patient care.
This document outlines a quality improvement project to improve efficiency and patient satisfaction at the emergency room of North Side Hospital. The project aims to decrease length of stay to under 100 minutes, increase patient satisfaction scores to over 75th percentile, and reduce left without being seen rates to under 1%. The document identifies key stakeholders, analyzes current processes and data, and lists interventions to be implemented between July and November 2004 such as new equipment, improved relationships, and enhanced ancillary services. It shows the project achieved significant reductions in length of stay, admissions, and left without being seen rates after initiation.
Question of Quality Conference 2016 - Healthcare Technology - Exploring new m...HCA Healthcare UK
Modern general practice delivers health in a wider spectrum of primary care using digital technology in a way that complements traditional face-to-face consultation. This session will explore the background of the Hurley Group, the story of E-consulting within their general practice and an evaluation of its impact on clinical quality. In addition there will be a consideration of the exciting developments on the horizon of E-general practice.
This session will be chaired by Manisha Shah, VP of Clinical Services and Patient Safety at HCA Healthcare UK and features Dr Murray Ellender, who leads on both digital and urgent care at the Hurley Group.
This document describes eConsult, an online triage system that allows patients to describe their medical issues to a general practitioner without an appointment. It summarizes the benefits found in a pilot with 10 practices and over 133,000 patients, including improved access to care for patients, better health outcomes from remote management of common conditions, increased efficiency for practices, and cost savings for clinical commissioning groups from reducing urgent care visits. Key features of eConsult include its usability for both patients and doctors, integration with practice websites, and potential for future enhancements like long term condition management apps.
2016 Connected Care and the Patient ExperienceSurescripts
Annual survey of 1,000 Americans reveals increased dissatisfaction with data availability and innovation, even though the technology exists today for a safer, more convenient and connected healthcare experience.
2022 Guide to Improved Patient Outcomes: AI-Powered Remote Monitoring and Inc...Aggregage
A new year means new healthcare challenges. With a soaring need for remote patient monitoring (RPM) as COVID-19 variants spread, 100Plus continues to eliminate patient, clinician, and healthcare system barriers to RPM use. After wide adoption of 100Plus' RPM framework by providers and health care networks, we decided to perform a quality analysis to uncover the impact of our RPM system on key health metrics, and surveyed providers to gather perspectives on how 100Plus' RPM has affected and improved care delivery.
Mintu Turakhia M.D. M.A.S., Director of the Stanford Center for Digital Health and a cardiac electrophysiologist, outcomes researcher, and clinical trialist will present these powerful RPM outcomes.
In this session, you’ll learn:
• How to improve patient outcomes with AI-powered Remote Monitoring Devices
• How you can drive revenue for your practice with RPM CPT codes
• Ways to increase practitioner performance with credible data on patient progression
Data Abstraction Medical Practice Automation AssociatesGeorge Dougherty
Our professional data abstraction service provides dependable and compliant related services to allow accurate electronic medical record documentation. For us, patients’ medical records, either old or new, need to be stored and transferred to safe document storage. With this, we provide an EHR system that would allow our clients to access and search key elements with regard to their patients’ medical records. Our data abstraction service is one of the major key players in the electronic documentation industry today in converting paper-based medical records into a useful electronic data.
This document provides a summary of the 2018 BMA roadshow content, including contract negotiations updates regarding pay uplifts, indemnity increases, and premises cost directions. It discusses efforts to save general practice through recurrent funding increases, workforce expansion strategies, and managing workload. Recent developments regarding the GP at Hand app, GDPR, and a high court ruling on the GMC appeal are also covered.
Med Eye by Mint Solutions LATEST TECHNOLOGIES REPORT Furqan Aslam
This document summarizes a new technology called MedEYE, which was developed by Mint Solutions to help reduce medication errors in hospitals. MedEYE is a scanning device that uses computer vision to identify pills and verify they match the patient's prescription before administration. It was created by MIT graduates to address the problem of medication errors, which harm millions of patients annually. The document outlines how MedEYE works, research behind its development, feedback from pilot tests, and advantages like saving nurse time and ensuring safety.
This document discusses several topics relating to healthcare data analysis and population health science at Mayo Clinic. It describes a study on using home telemonitoring of elderly patients to prevent hospital readmissions. The study found telemonitoring reduced deaths but did not significantly reduce emergency department visits or hospitalizations compared to usual care. It also discusses the AWARE system developed at Mayo Clinic to improve critical care quality and outcomes using real-time data analytics. AWARE was found to reduce medical errors and time spent on tasks by clinicians. Finally, the document presents an overview of Optum Labs and its goals of facilitating collaborative health services research using integrated data to improve patient care and lower costs.
Overcoming Barriers to Scale in Digital TherapeuticsChris Hogg
Presentation at Clinically Validated DTx Conference in Boston (November 2019). What paths have DTx products taken toward commercialization, what are the barriers, what is changing?
The document discusses healthcare workforce challenges and strategies to address them. It summarizes concerns about an aging workforce nearing retirement in specialties like nursing. It also notes the demand for healthcare workers will remain strong due to factors like an aging population needing more care. The document outlines strategies to recruit and develop healthcare professionals, such as sponsoring students, clinical rotations with colleges, and monitoring workforce trends to adapt pipeline programs accordingly.
Network analytics can help improve healthcare decision making in three key ways:
1) Analyzing physician collaboration networks found that lower-cost hospitals had physicians working in smaller groups.
2) Examining surgical team compositions revealed that looser team structures with individual surgeons on multiple teams correlated with shorter patient lengths of stay.
3) Modeling disease networks accurately predicted future diabetes risk for patients based on their health trajectories and comorbidities in the network.
This information sheet provides an overview of how we are delivering national technology services, including Spine Services, NHSmail and the Summary Care Record (SCR).
We are commissioned by NHS England and the Department of Health to manage informatics projects and programmes that support clinical decision making, NHS working practice and improved patient outcomes.
Infographic: Ask if Your EHR Offers Surescripts CompletEPA Electronic Prior A...Surescripts
Surescripts works with EHRs serving nearly half a million physicians. Ask your EHR if they work with us. Tell them you want CompletEPA to save your practice time and money.
ECO 11: Transfer of Care to Pharmacy - Hassan Argomandkhah, Chair of Pharmacy...Innovation Agency
Hassan introduces the concept and key objectives of transfer of care to pharmacy (TCP). The slides include a project outline, an overview of TCP in Cheshire and Merseyside, and the benefits and potential savings of Electronic Transfer of Care to Pharmacy.
This document discusses eHealth and its benefits. eHealth involves the electronic collection, management, use, storage and sharing of healthcare information. It can improve patient care through better access to health records, more coordinated care between providers, and time savings. eHealth tools discussed include eHealth records, ePrescribing, telehealth and secure messaging. Overall eHealth aims to improve health outcomes through a more efficient healthcare system.
eDischarge...Communicating the Patient JourneyDMF-Systems
DMF Systems provides health information systems and integration services to Irish and UK hospitals. Their electronic discharge summary system allows medical staff to create accurate and complete discharge summaries in a timely manner, ensuring continuity of care. Studies show electronic discharge summaries can reduce medication errors and readmission rates while saving hospitals time and money compared to paper-based systems. DMF Systems' electronic discharge summary features support team-based workflows, medication management, and secure electronic delivery of summaries.
The document discusses challenges with the UK's current healthcare systems which have resulted in siloed data stores and difficulties accessing complete patient information. It proposes IBM's Smarter Healthcare solution to aggregate data from multiple legacy systems and medical devices in real-time to provide contextualized patient summaries and decision support capabilities. This integrated approach aims to improve care quality and coordination while reducing costs through benefits like decreased test duplication and readmissions.
Medical Associates Clinic is a large multi-specialty practice in Iowa that was using inefficient paper-based processes. They implemented McKesson's Horizon Ambulatory Care EHR to improve communication and workflow. Initial results included a 40-80% reduction in transcription costs within 2 weeks for some specialties. Once fully implemented, the EHR is projected to save over $1.7 million annually through reduced paper/transcription costs and improved coding accuracy. Physicians can now document visits electronically, improving patient care.
This document outlines a quality improvement project to improve efficiency and patient satisfaction at the emergency room of North Side Hospital. The project aims to decrease length of stay to under 100 minutes, increase patient satisfaction scores to over 75th percentile, and reduce left without being seen rates to under 1%. The document identifies key stakeholders, analyzes current processes and data, and lists interventions to be implemented between July and November 2004 such as new equipment, improved relationships, and enhanced ancillary services. It shows the project achieved significant reductions in length of stay, admissions, and left without being seen rates after initiation.
Question of Quality Conference 2016 - Healthcare Technology - Exploring new m...HCA Healthcare UK
Modern general practice delivers health in a wider spectrum of primary care using digital technology in a way that complements traditional face-to-face consultation. This session will explore the background of the Hurley Group, the story of E-consulting within their general practice and an evaluation of its impact on clinical quality. In addition there will be a consideration of the exciting developments on the horizon of E-general practice.
This session will be chaired by Manisha Shah, VP of Clinical Services and Patient Safety at HCA Healthcare UK and features Dr Murray Ellender, who leads on both digital and urgent care at the Hurley Group.
This document describes eConsult, an online triage system that allows patients to describe their medical issues to a general practitioner without an appointment. It summarizes the benefits found in a pilot with 10 practices and over 133,000 patients, including improved access to care for patients, better health outcomes from remote management of common conditions, increased efficiency for practices, and cost savings for clinical commissioning groups from reducing urgent care visits. Key features of eConsult include its usability for both patients and doctors, integration with practice websites, and potential for future enhancements like long term condition management apps.
2016 Connected Care and the Patient ExperienceSurescripts
Annual survey of 1,000 Americans reveals increased dissatisfaction with data availability and innovation, even though the technology exists today for a safer, more convenient and connected healthcare experience.
2022 Guide to Improved Patient Outcomes: AI-Powered Remote Monitoring and Inc...Aggregage
A new year means new healthcare challenges. With a soaring need for remote patient monitoring (RPM) as COVID-19 variants spread, 100Plus continues to eliminate patient, clinician, and healthcare system barriers to RPM use. After wide adoption of 100Plus' RPM framework by providers and health care networks, we decided to perform a quality analysis to uncover the impact of our RPM system on key health metrics, and surveyed providers to gather perspectives on how 100Plus' RPM has affected and improved care delivery.
Mintu Turakhia M.D. M.A.S., Director of the Stanford Center for Digital Health and a cardiac electrophysiologist, outcomes researcher, and clinical trialist will present these powerful RPM outcomes.
In this session, you’ll learn:
• How to improve patient outcomes with AI-powered Remote Monitoring Devices
• How you can drive revenue for your practice with RPM CPT codes
• Ways to increase practitioner performance with credible data on patient progression
Data Abstraction Medical Practice Automation AssociatesGeorge Dougherty
Our professional data abstraction service provides dependable and compliant related services to allow accurate electronic medical record documentation. For us, patients’ medical records, either old or new, need to be stored and transferred to safe document storage. With this, we provide an EHR system that would allow our clients to access and search key elements with regard to their patients’ medical records. Our data abstraction service is one of the major key players in the electronic documentation industry today in converting paper-based medical records into a useful electronic data.
This document provides a summary of the 2018 BMA roadshow content, including contract negotiations updates regarding pay uplifts, indemnity increases, and premises cost directions. It discusses efforts to save general practice through recurrent funding increases, workforce expansion strategies, and managing workload. Recent developments regarding the GP at Hand app, GDPR, and a high court ruling on the GMC appeal are also covered.
Med Eye by Mint Solutions LATEST TECHNOLOGIES REPORT Furqan Aslam
This document summarizes a new technology called MedEYE, which was developed by Mint Solutions to help reduce medication errors in hospitals. MedEYE is a scanning device that uses computer vision to identify pills and verify they match the patient's prescription before administration. It was created by MIT graduates to address the problem of medication errors, which harm millions of patients annually. The document outlines how MedEYE works, research behind its development, feedback from pilot tests, and advantages like saving nurse time and ensuring safety.
This document discusses several topics relating to healthcare data analysis and population health science at Mayo Clinic. It describes a study on using home telemonitoring of elderly patients to prevent hospital readmissions. The study found telemonitoring reduced deaths but did not significantly reduce emergency department visits or hospitalizations compared to usual care. It also discusses the AWARE system developed at Mayo Clinic to improve critical care quality and outcomes using real-time data analytics. AWARE was found to reduce medical errors and time spent on tasks by clinicians. Finally, the document presents an overview of Optum Labs and its goals of facilitating collaborative health services research using integrated data to improve patient care and lower costs.
Overcoming Barriers to Scale in Digital TherapeuticsChris Hogg
Presentation at Clinically Validated DTx Conference in Boston (November 2019). What paths have DTx products taken toward commercialization, what are the barriers, what is changing?
The document discusses healthcare workforce challenges and strategies to address them. It summarizes concerns about an aging workforce nearing retirement in specialties like nursing. It also notes the demand for healthcare workers will remain strong due to factors like an aging population needing more care. The document outlines strategies to recruit and develop healthcare professionals, such as sponsoring students, clinical rotations with colleges, and monitoring workforce trends to adapt pipeline programs accordingly.
Network analytics can help improve healthcare decision making in three key ways:
1) Analyzing physician collaboration networks found that lower-cost hospitals had physicians working in smaller groups.
2) Examining surgical team compositions revealed that looser team structures with individual surgeons on multiple teams correlated with shorter patient lengths of stay.
3) Modeling disease networks accurately predicted future diabetes risk for patients based on their health trajectories and comorbidities in the network.
This information sheet provides an overview of how we are delivering national technology services, including Spine Services, NHSmail and the Summary Care Record (SCR).
We are commissioned by NHS England and the Department of Health to manage informatics projects and programmes that support clinical decision making, NHS working practice and improved patient outcomes.
Infographic: Ask if Your EHR Offers Surescripts CompletEPA Electronic Prior A...Surescripts
Surescripts works with EHRs serving nearly half a million physicians. Ask your EHR if they work with us. Tell them you want CompletEPA to save your practice time and money.
ECO 11: Transfer of Care to Pharmacy - Hassan Argomandkhah, Chair of Pharmacy...Innovation Agency
Hassan introduces the concept and key objectives of transfer of care to pharmacy (TCP). The slides include a project outline, an overview of TCP in Cheshire and Merseyside, and the benefits and potential savings of Electronic Transfer of Care to Pharmacy.
This document discusses eHealth and its benefits. eHealth involves the electronic collection, management, use, storage and sharing of healthcare information. It can improve patient care through better access to health records, more coordinated care between providers, and time savings. eHealth tools discussed include eHealth records, ePrescribing, telehealth and secure messaging. Overall eHealth aims to improve health outcomes through a more efficient healthcare system.
eDischarge...Communicating the Patient JourneyDMF-Systems
DMF Systems provides health information systems and integration services to Irish and UK hospitals. Their electronic discharge summary system allows medical staff to create accurate and complete discharge summaries in a timely manner, ensuring continuity of care. Studies show electronic discharge summaries can reduce medication errors and readmission rates while saving hospitals time and money compared to paper-based systems. DMF Systems' electronic discharge summary features support team-based workflows, medication management, and secure electronic delivery of summaries.
This document summarizes an ophthalmic referral management system called evolutio. The system centralizes and standardizes referrals to ensure efficient use of secondary and community care. It aims to reduce referrals, enhance community care, shorten waiting times, and alleviate administrative burden in order to improve patient care and reduce costs. The system has been tested in Suffolk and resulted in a significant reduction in referrals and outpatient appointments as well as budget savings through increased referrals handled in the community.
The document discusses implementing an electronic medication reconciliation system at Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB) in New Zealand. The goals are to record and verify patient medications within 24 hours of admission, clearly communicate medication changes during and after admission, and provide medication information to patients. The system will integrate with other systems to automatically update medication records and generate discharge summaries and patient instructions. Expected benefits include reducing adverse drug events, lowering hospital costs from shorter stays, and improving communication between hospitals and primary care providers.
Maximising Technology and Information Solutions Through "Interoperability"Louise Sinclair
The document discusses digital priorities for improving health and social care, including creating electronic health records, analyzing population data, clinical decision support, remote care, and optimizing resources. It emphasizes standards for information sharing across systems, focusing initially on using the NHS number and improving transfers of care. Local areas will assess progress using a digital maturity index and create annual roadmaps. The priorities are aimed at joining up information to provide better, safer, and more efficient care.
IPFM is a software system that supports patient flow and bed management in hospitals. It integrates with existing IT systems to electronically track patient status and share updates in real time. An analysis by Deloitte found that IPFM can deliver over £4.5 million in annual cost savings to hospitals through reduced length of stay, improved efficiency, and decreased infection rates. It also provides over £800,000 in annual benefits to patients through improved health outcomes. In addition to financial benefits, IPFM supports better patient experiences and helps hospitals meet government initiatives around patient safety and data collection.
This document summarizes an analysis by Deloitte of the economic and patient benefits of implementing Hospedia's electronic meal ordering system in hospitals. The analysis found that electronic meal ordering can save hospitals around £147,000 per year through reduced food waste, lower labor costs, and shorter patient lengths of stay. It can also improve patient outcomes valued at £660,000 per year by increasing food consumption and nutrition. Hospitals that have implemented the system, like Royal Bournemouth Hospital, have seen benefits such as improved efficiency, reduced food waste, increased patient choice and satisfaction, and better staff relations between clinical and catering departments.
Electronic prescribing is more than generating a prescription on a computer and printing or faxing it to a pharmacy. E-prescribing must also provide functionality and workflow flexibility to work for both physicians and staff involved in the prescribing process.
Rcopia®, the #1 most used and decorated standalone electronic prescription management system from DrFirst®, allows physicians to provide a higher level of patient safety and service, streamline back office business systems and save time and money through the efficiency of electronic medication orders, renewals and formulary checking
Official Representative of the International Research ofthe Mission for European and International Relation and Cooperation (MREIC) ofthe French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAMTS)
GeneCIS Communicating the Patient JourneyDMF-Systems
GeneCIS is DMF Systems suite of Clinical Information Systems. GeneCIS communicates the patient journey from the referral right through to discharge. The suite consists of eReferrals, eScheduler, MediViewer, Clinical Summaries and eDischarge.
All of the solutions within the GeneCIS suite can be implemented on a modular basis to ensure you get exactly what you require. Each additional module can be bolted on seamlessly as required. This enables organisations to utilise scarce resources to meet pertinent needs and then grow from there as resources become available.
GeneCIS improves patient outcomes, significantly reduces costs and leads to superior use of scarce hospital resources.
All of the modules can be integrated with the hospital PAS to reduce data entry.
Integration services can also be utilised to revive legacy systems.
DMF Systems provides integrated clinical information systems called GeneCIS to improve clinical communication between healthcare professionals. GeneCIS includes modules for electronic referrals, scheduling, viewing test results, clinical summaries, and discharge summaries. These systems aim to enhance patient outcomes and care coordination. Future developments will include additional clinical decision support applications to aid doctors' decisions.
This document discusses the economic and wider benefits of using Hospedia's Emergency Patient Flow Manager (EPFM) software in hospitals. It summarizes a report by Deloitte that found EPFM can deliver over £1.3 million in annual financial savings to a typical hospital by reducing length of stay, freeing up staff time, and lowering surgery cancellations. EPFM also improves patient experience, enhances staff safety, helps meet A&E targets, and provides operational insights through comprehensive data collection. The document outlines how EPFM works and Hospedia's implementation process and support. It provides examples of EPFM in use at various NHS hospitals.
Dr Arvind Madan Hurley Group & NHS England Primary Care3GDR
This document discusses eConsult, a digital tool that allows patients to manage minor health issues from home through self-help tools and online questionnaires, in order to improve access to care, health outcomes, and practice efficiency. eConsult provides (1) self-help tools for patients, (2) condition-specific questionnaires to gather patient histories, and (3) remote management of 60% of eConsult cases by GPs. It aims to reduce demand on practices while improving patient experience. Pilot results found improved access, earlier treatment, increased efficiency for practices, and cost savings for commissioners.
Free medicines are available through the pharmaceutical companies’ Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs), which may be accessed for individual prescriptions using The Pharmacy Connection (TPC) software or through a bulk replacement / Institutional PAP. Learn about Rx Partnership, Virginia’s innovative bulk replacement program.
This document summarizes New Zealand's progress toward developing a national electronic health record system by 2014. It outlines key pieces that have been implemented, including electronic clinical transactions between general practices and other providers. However, fully interoperable electronic health records across all providers have not been achieved. The summary identifies next steps needed, such as personal provider authentication, electronic prescribing, enabling real-time queries of general practice medical records, and linking patient identification numbers to registered general practitioners.
econsult.net is a web-based patient triage and consultation system for general practices. It allows patients to select their issue, self-manage if appropriate or request an eConsult with their GP. eConsults take an average of 3 minutes for GPs to complete and 60% of issues are managed remotely. The system includes features like photo uploads, integrated scoring tools, and one-way secure messaging to patients. It aims to improve patient access, practice efficiency and value for clinical commissioners. Long term, econsult.net plans to enable remote management of long term conditions through integrated devices and apps. It is currently used in 300 UK practices serving over 2.9 million patients.
The AHSN has supported health and care partners in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in several ways:
1) It established a knowledge-sharing group to facilitate discussion on PPE reprocessing between trusts facing shortages. This supported the rapid development and testing of a validated PPE reprocessing method.
2) It helped expedite the regulatory approval process for a new personal respirator, working with partners to achieve BSI certification within 12 weeks. This will improve PPE availability.
3) It is capturing examples of innovations and changes implemented during the crisis to understand improvements that could be maintained, such as increased telemedicine and digital technologies in care homes. The goal is to inform recovery planning and establish a more
This meeting covered the following topics in 3 sentences or less:
The PCN was discussed, including what a PCN is, the practices that make up their PCN, and the workforce available through the PCN. Their website and move to online forms was reviewed. An update on COVID-19 protocols and the upcoming flu vaccine rollout starting September 11th was provided.
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The Health Innovation Network Polypharmacy Programme is working with healthcare professionals to address problematic polypharmacy by supporting easier identification of patients at potential risk from harm from multiple medications.
Our evidence-based polypharmacy Action Learning Sets (ALS) are being rolled out across England to support GPs, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who undertake prescribing or medication reviews to understand the complex issues around stopping inappropriate medicines safely.
To drive and accelerate changes in practice, delegates complete a quality improvement project to address problematic polypharmacy in their workplace. This poster summary, Reducing opioid prescribing, can be viewed here.
For more information about the polypharmacy programme, please visit https://thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/programmes/medicines/polypharmacy/
Pharmacist Interventions and Medication Reviews at Care Homes - Improving Med...Health Innovation Wessex
The Health Innovation Network Polypharmacy Programme is working with healthcare professionals to address problematic polypharmacy by supporting easier identification of patients at potential risk from harm from multiple medications.
Our evidence-based polypharmacy Action Learning Sets (ALS) are being rolled out across England to support GPs, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who undertake prescribing or medication reviews to understand the complex issues around stopping inappropriate medicines safely.
To drive and accelerate changes in practice, delegates complete a quality improvement project to address problematic polypharmacy in their workplace. This poster summary, Pharmacist Interventions and Medication Reviews at Care Homes - Improving Medication Safety and Patient Outcomes, can be viewed here.
For more information about the polypharmacy programme, please visit https://thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/programmes/medicines/polypharmacy/
The Health Innovation Network Polypharmacy Programme is working with healthcare professionals to address problematic polypharmacy by supporting easier identification of patients at potential risk from harm from multiple medications.
Our evidence-based polypharmacy Action Learning Sets (ALS) are being rolled out across England to support GPs, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who undertake prescribing or medication reviews to understand the complex issues around stopping inappropriate medicines safely.
To drive and accelerate changes in practice, delegates complete a quality improvement project to address problematic polypharmacy in their workplace. This poster summary, SBAR Patient Engagement Tool, can be viewed here.
For more information about the polypharmacy programme, please visit https://thehealthinnovationnetwork.co.uk/programmes/medicines/polypharmacy/
The Health Innovation Network Polypharmacy Programme is working with healthcare professionals to address problematic polypharmacy by supporting easier identification of patients at potential risk from harm from multiple medications.
Our evidence-based polypharmacy Action Learning Sets (ALS) are being rolled out across England to support GPs, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who undertake prescribing or medication reviews to understand the complex issues around stopping inappropriate medicines safely.
To drive and accelerate changes in practice, delegates complete a quality improvement project to address problematic polypharmacy in their workplace. This poster summary, Reducing medication related falls risk in patients with severe frailty, can be viewed here.
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Contents
This guidance has been adapted from a number of resources, including Guidance by NHS
Sunderland and NHS High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Groups, by the
Wessex eRD Steering Group. It is a working document and will be regularly reviewed by the
Wessex eRD Steering group.
Please send comments and suggestions to medicines.optimisation@wessexahsn.net
Electronic Repeat Dispensing Introduction...............................................................3
What is eRD?....................................................................................................................................4
Training and Information........................................................................................................6
Electronic Repeat Dispensing in Wessex.....................................................................7
Repeat Dispensing Champions...........................................................................................8
Eligibility Criteria for Electronic Repeat Dispensing...........................................9
Information for Patients...........................................................................................................10
Consent................................................................................................................................................11
Communication..............................................................................................................................12
Initiation of Electronic Repeat Dispensing.................................................................13
Setting Up A “Batch Prescription”...................................................................................14
Guidance for dealing with ‘When Required’ (PRN) items...................................15
Re-authorising Electronic Repeat Prescriptions......................................................16
Patients on Warfarin..................................................................................................................18
Cancelling and “Syncing” Prescriptions.......................................................................19
Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS)..................................................................................20
Care Homes.....................................................................................................................................21
Patient Consultation...................................................................................................................22
Linking to Medicines Use Reviews...................................................................................23
A Move Away from Managed Repeats........................................................................24
Repeat Dispensing: Examples for practice (1 of 2)...............................................25
Repeat Dispensing: Examples for practice (2 of 2)..............................................26
eRD Pathway....................................................................................................................................27
eRD Suitability Pathway...........................................................................................................28
Frequently Asked Questions.................................................................................................29
With thanks to Wessex eRD Steering Group...........................................................31
Notes.....................................................................................................................................................32
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing
Introduction
This handbook has been designed to act as a ‘quick reference guide’ and as a
point of reference for staff in GP practices and community pharmacies to help
resolve common problems and make the most of the NHS Electronic Repeat
Dispensing (eRD) service.
It is a working document and will be updated and amended regularly by Wessex
AHSN under the guidance of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight eRD steering group.
Don’t forget that your CCG Medicines Management Team, community pharmacists,
Local Pharmaceutical Committee and system providers can also act as a valuable
source of information and advice on eRD.
We hope you find the guide useful. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future
updates, please get in touch with us at medicines.optimisation@wessexahsn.net.
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In order to provide a more efficient way to manage repeat prescriptions, the
government introduced Repeat Dispensing Services. Initially repeat dispensing
was only available using paper based prescriptions, but since July 2009 it has
been possible to use repeat dispensing via Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription
Service (EPS). This is called electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) to differentiate it
from paper based Repeat Dispensing.
In 2015, Wessex AHSN began to work with local CCGs and GP practices to address low utilisation of
eRD in Wessex. We began a project to roll out electronic Repeat Dispensing across our CCGs, with the
aim of reaching 40% of prescription items dispensed as electronic repeat prescriptions.
There are many benefits to using eRD for patients, general practice and pharmacies, including:
Benefits for Patients
• A simple process for patients, as their prescriptions are sent to their pharmacy just once or twice a year.
• Improved safety for patients as a result of regular pharmacy-led consultations.
• Improved care for patients as a result of greater collaboration between the practice and the pharmacy.
• Patients can collect repeat prescriptions directly from a pharmacy without visiting their GP, or requesting a
new prescription from them (for up to 12 months).
• Patients won’t have paper prescriptions to lose.
• Patients can make arrangements with their pharmacy to enable them to spend less time waiting in
the pharmacy.
• The service is reliable, secure and confidential.
• If clinically appropriate, the next issue can be requested early or more than one prescription obtained,
for example when going on holiday.
What is eRD?
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Benefits for Community Pharmacy
• eRD allows community pharmacies to plan and manage repeat prescription workload more efficiently.
• eRD encourages multidisciplinary working around repeat medication.
• eRD reduces medication waste.
• eRD enables utilisation of pharmacists’ skills in the repeat medication process.
Therefore, all GP practices and pharmacies should be encouraged to use electronic Repeat Dispensing.
Benefits for the GP Practice
• Reduced prescription workload (see below).
• Encouragement of multidisciplinary working around repeat medication.
In 2015, NHS Digital undertook an audit of GP practices and spoke to 100 practice staff about EPS 2.
Specifically related to electronic Repeat Dispensing, they found that:
• Practice staff save an average of 73 minutes each day by producing eRD prescriptions rather than paper
repeats.
• An average general practice saves an average of 80 minutes of GP time every day from signing eRD
prescriptions versus paper prescribing.
• Practices save an average of 27 minutes every day by cancelling prescriptions electronically versus paper.
• The practices who participated in the audit prescribed an average of 10,920 items per month, with 53.4% of
their items being sent via EPS Release 2.
For details of these calculations, see the tool
at: www.epsestimator.digital.nhs.uk
For a local audit report see:
www.wessexahsn.org.uk/projects
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Training and Information
Electronic Repeat Dispensing and the previously available paper system
(sometimes known as batch prescribing) has been slow to be adopted.
In 2014, when we started this work, eRD accounted for fewer than 5%
of repeat prescriptions across Wessex.
It is anticipated that in many practices, staff may not be familiar with either Repeat
Dispensing or electronic Repeat Dispensing.
Information and training can be found from the following sources:
• NHS England electronic repeat dispensing guidance:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/info-revolution/erd-guidance/
• Information on electronic repeat dispensing for pharmacists:
http://psnc.org.uk/services-commissioning/essential-services/repeat-dispensing/
• A video on electronic repeat dispensing for Pharmacists and GPs:
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/prescribing-and-dispensing/
electronic/electronic
• Patient facing leaflet:
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2018-01/eRD%20leaflet%20A5%20%28V1%29%20for%20
local%20printing%2012.2017.pdf
• Recorded eRD Webinar:
https://youtu.be/jzDkpaYibws
• NHS Employers guidance for the implementation of repeat dispensing available from:
http://www.nhsemployers.org/case-studies-and-resources/2013/12/guidance-for-the-implementation-of-
repeat-dispensing
• A standard operating procedure for repeat dispensing has been produced by the National Pharmacy
Association (NPA) and is available from (login required):
https://www.npa.co.uk/login/?r=information-and-guidance/repeat-dispensing-services-sop
• The Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education (CPPE) open learning pack on repeat dispensing:
https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/repeat-e-01/
• Online eRD toolkits for dispensers (at bottom of web page):
https://digital.nhs.uk/article/914/Electronic-repeat-dispensing-for-dispensers
• Prescriber system specific prescriber eRD eLearning:
https://learning.necsu.nhs.uk/nhs-digital-electronic-repeat-dispensing-elearning/
• Online eRD toolkits for prescribers (at bottom of web page):
https://www.digital.nhs.uk/article/913/Electronic-repeat-dispensing-for-prescribers
• Explaining eRD to patients:
https://digital.nhs.uk/media/670/Patient-text/pdf/Patient_text
• Video of a GP describing electronic repeat dispensing available from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IR0OYEDRG4
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing in Wessex
Recent eRD pilots across Hampshire have provided some excellent lessons about
how best to implement eRD. From these pilot sites, we have defined a 6-step
approach to implementing eRD, as shown below.
Prior to starting to set up eRD, the
GP practice should ensure that it is
comfortable with electronic prescribing
(EPS) and has at least an average
utilisation of EPS. As at December 2017,
the national average is 61%.
eRD is not simply a natural progression of
EPS. If a practice already does paper repeat
dispensing, they are likely to find it reasonably
straightforward to switch to an electronic format.
But if repeat dispensing is a new concept to
a practice, then eRD will be a whole new way
of working which will require some planning,
training and change management to ensure
successful implementation.
Practice engagement
Pharmacy engagement
Patient identification
Patient communication
Setting up eRD
Amendments and reviews
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Repeat Dispensing Champions
Whilst the role of champion is a key
function, it is important that the whole
practice team and the whole pharmacy
team understand eRD and that
it becomes part of everyday business.
It should not be seen as one person’s
responsibility.
A key success criterion, identified from sites who are successfully using eRD, is
that each practice and each community pharmacy MUST nominate one or more
Electronic Repeat Dispensing champion(s).
This is a member of staff who can promote the use of the scheme internally, aid liaison with their
practice/community pharmacy colleagues, and maintain momentum in the drive to increase the
utilisation of repeat dispensing.
Suggested activities by the repeat dispensing champion are as follows:
General Practice eRD Champion
• Act as the practice point of contact for eRD.
• Update practice colleagues with the current
eRD levels.
• Highlight areas where eRD could be better used.
• Monitor the use of eRD locally and keep a log of
any issues.
• Act as a point of contact for colleagues and
patients who have queries about the system.
• Promote eRD at patient groups.
• Ensure patient information for eRD is well
positioned and used within the GP practice.
• Liaise with community pharmacy colleagues.
• Provide training to other colleagues as needed.
Community Pharmacy
eRD Champion
• Act as the pharmacy point of contact for eRD.
• Advertise to colleagues current eRD levels.
• Highlight areas where eRD could be delivered
more effectively.
• Monitor the use of eRD locally and keep a log of
any issues.
• Act as a point of contact for colleagues and
patients who have queries about eRD.
• Promote eRD to patients.
• Ensure patient information for eRD is well
positioned and used within the pharmacy.
• Liaise with general practice colleagues.
• Provide training to other colleagues as needed.
• Ensure that the pharmacy is meeting its contractual
obligations for eRD.
eRD
See:
www.psnc.org.uk/services-commissioning/
essential-services/repeat-dispensing/
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Eligibility Criteria for Electronic
Repeat Dispensing
Whilst Electronic Repeat Dispensing will bring benefits to the patient, the practice
and the pharmacy, it is important to understand that not all patients will be suitable
or eligible. Those deemed to be most suitable for eRD include;
Those on a stable list of medicines with:
• No significant changes in the last 6 months.
• No changes anticipated for the duration of the batch of prescriptions (usually 6 or 12 months).
• Stable dosage regimens.
Those with stable medical conditions. E.g.
• No recent unplanned hospital admissions (in the previous 6 months).
• No new conditions diagnosed in the past 6 months.
Those who are up to date with their medication monitoring
• Medication review completed within last 6 months prior to first eRD prescription. (If not, could be considered
for a telephone review).
Those with up to date disease monitoring. E.g.
• Attendance at any required clinics.
• Appropriate blood tests performed within appropriate timeframe and recorded in the patient notes.
Exclusion criteria – The following medicines are NOT suitable or eligible for eRD
• Controlled drugs (including temazepam and tramadol).
• Benzodiazepines.
• Hypnotics.
• Drugs which require close and careful monitoring e.g. methotrexate.
• Unlicensed medicines.
Practices and pharmacies should be aware of these suitability criteria and ensure that eligibility can be checked at
the GP practice as part of the authorisation process.
Support to identify suitable patients is becoming available.
• Some CCGs have developed searches on EMIS and SystmOne clinical systems.
• The NHS BSA has developed a tool that will provide to practices a list of adult patients who have received the
same medicines at the same dose for the previous 6 months. It is hoped that this tool will be widely available
from the NHS BSA in due course.
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Information for Patients
Terminology
The terms Electronic Prescriptions Service (EPS), Repeat Prescriptions, Repeat
Dispensing (RD) and Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) are understandably easily
confused by patients.
Particularly common is confusing the term electronic prescribing (EPS) with electronic repeat
dispensing (eRD).
Patients are often familiar with the term ‘batch’ prescribing. When speaking to a patient about eRD, use of the
word ‘batch’ can be helpful for some patients.
Patient leaflets
A number of patient leaflets are available. These can be downloaded at the following sites.
Search “Electronic repeat dispensing (eRD)”:
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk
Wessex AHSN Resources:
http://wessexahsn.org.uk/projects/120/
electronic-repeat-dispensing
Search “Electronic repeat dispensing (eRD)”:
www.psnc.org.uk
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing: Consent
Before a patient can be enrolled onto eRD they must first specify their preferred pharmacy.
This can be done in the pharmacy or GP practice (and can be changed if necessary).
Part of the consent process requires that they give explicit permission for the sharing of information
about their medications between their GP surgery and the community pharmacy of their choice.
This communication is crucial to the running of the service and patients cannot take part in the eRD
service without giving this consent.
Information to be given to the patient when explaining the system and obtaining
consent includes:
• Electronic Repeat Dispensing is an alternative way to receive their medicines.
• The patient must be registered for EPS and have a nominated pharmacy.
• They can change their specified pharmacy should they need to do so.
• It should save time, as they do not have to contact the GP practice to get a prescription each time their repeat
medicines run out.
• Checks will be carried out at the pharmacy to help improve patient safety.
• How the electronic Repeat Dispensing process works.
• What happens at the end of the batch of prescriptions.
• They need to give their consent for the pharmacy and GP practice to exchange information about their treatment.
• Any information that is shared will continue to be treated confidentially by both parties.
• Patients will need to continue to declare their exemption or pay for their prescriptions as they have been
doing with their current prescriptions.
• They will need to have medication reviews at the end of each batch of prescriptions before the next batch
can be prescribed.
Remind patients of the benefits of eRD.
• A simple process for patients as their prescriptions are sent to their pharmacy just once or twice a year.
• Improved safety for patients as a result of regular pharmacy led consultations.
• Improved care for patients as a results of greater collaboration between the practice and the pharmacy.
• Patients can collect repeat prescriptions directly from a pharmacy without visiting their GP, or requesting a
new prescription from them (for up to 12 months).
• Patients won’t have paper prescriptions to lose.
• Patients can make arrangements with their pharmacy to enable them to spend less time waiting in the pharmacy.
• The service is reliable, secure and confidential.
• If clinically appropriate, the next issue can be requested early or more than one prescription obtained, for
example when going on holiday.
How should consent be obtained?
• The patient can give spoken consent as formal written consent is not required; details of this should be entered
into the patients’ notes.
• Consent can be coded in the patients notes:
• “Patient consent given for Repeat Dispensing information transfer”
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Communication
Effective communication between patients and/or their carers, GP practices and
community pharmacies is essential for all parties to realise the full benefits of the
eRD process.
NHS BSA have developed a suite of text messages which are available to Wessex practices.
A national patient leaflet is available at: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites
Some communication will be via telephone and therefore be spoken, both GP practices and pharmacies should
consider implementing a process to ensure all such communications are recorded and acted on effectively.
E-mail may be a great way to communicate but to be secure, pharmacies must use an @nhs.net account.
Practices and pharmacies should agree their preferred method of communication. If this is agreed to be NHS mail, the
pharmacy must ensure that it has a system in place to check and act on emails received every day.
Pharmacy
GP
Practice
Patient/
Carer
Communication
Cycle
eRD...
• Medication
changes
• Synchronisation
• End of batch
• Adherence
• Information
about the
scheme
• Synchronisation
• Medication changes
• Reviews
• Information about eRD
• Medication
changes
• Synchronisation
• Hospitalisation
• End of batch
• MUR/NMS
• Adherence
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Initiation of Electronic Repeat Dispensing
Patient identified as
suitable for, or expresses
interest in, eRD
• Practice support staff
• Chronic disease review
clinics
• Ad-hoc GP
appointment
• Patient request
• Pharmacy dispensers
• Medicines Use Review
• Ad-hoc pharmacist
check
• Patient request
• What is eRD ?
• Benefits of eRD
• Patient information
leaflet
• How eRD works
• What is eRD ?
• Benefits of eRD
• Patient information
leaflet
• How eRD works
Patient provided with
information on Electronic
Repeat Dispensing
Completed by suitably
trained member of staff.
Pass any request for eRD
and accompanying forms
to the GP practice.
Eligibility confirmed and
medication checked and
aligned for eRD
In GP surgeries, a form
can be completed or
verbal consent recorded
in the patients’ notes.
In pharmacies, a form can
be completed or verbal
consent recorded.
Patient completes
informed consent process
Any patient requests for
repeat medications should
be referred directly to
community pharmacy.
Ensure systems in place
to manage eRD and make
sure that correct patient
consultation is carried out
before each issue.
Batch of prescriptions
electronically sent to
nominated pharmacy
via the spine
PharmacyGP
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Setting Up A ‘batch prescription’
1
2 Synchronise all review dates using earliest date to ensure they are all in line.
5 Prescription authorised by GP.
6 If the patient has any ‘when required’ medications, re-enter patient record
and follow process for ‘when required’ medications.
3 Ensure the quantity of each item equals a 28 day supply (56 days where
applicable) and that the prescription duration corresponds to this.
4
Calculate the number of issues that can be given before a review is due and
create a batch for that many issues (13 x 28 day supply is a 12 months supply).
56 days supply is more problematic because eRD cannot be issued for more
than 365 days (7 x 56 is too many and 6 x 56 is too few to last a full year).
Identify patient’s regular medication(s).
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Guidance for dealing with ‘when required’
(PRN) items
Because it may be difficult to accurately predict when PRN items will be
needed, eRD works best if all ‘when required’ items are put onto separate,
individual prescriptions.
Medicines that don’t fall neatly into 28 or 56 day prescribing patterns may also be treated as ‘when
required’ items. Items that are expected to run out at the same time (i.e. fixed containers of 30 days)
should be prescribed together.
1 Identify the patient’s ‘when required’ medications.
2 Calculate how frequently items are normally issued using the patient’s
medical record or by contacting the patient.
5 The number of issues is calculated and entered so that the prescription
should end at the same time as regular medication.
6 Prescriptions are authorised by the GP but dispensed by the pharmacy
only when requested by the patient.
3 Ensure the quantity of each item equals roughly what the patient would be
expected to use in the duration of the period of the eRD prescriptions (e.g. a year).
4 Explain the process to the patient so that they know they can request their PRN
items from the pharmacy when needed.
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Re-authorising Electronic
Repeat Prescriptions
When a patient collects their final eRD prescription from their existing electronic
batch (e.g. issue 6 of 6 or issue 13 of 13) they should be told that they have no
more prescriptions remaining and informed of the next steps that they will need to
take (usually referred back to the GP practice).
The pharmacy computer system will display, at the point of labelling, which prescription within an eRD batch is
being issued. It is the pharmacy’s responsibility to inform the patient when the last eRD prescription
within a batch is being supplied.
If the patient is not present at the time of dispensing, it is helpful to clearly mark the bag or the Dispensing Token
with this information so that staff giving out the prescription later are prompted to alert patients of the need to
request more prescriptions.
The patient should be encouraged to notify their GP practice promptly as they will need to be
reviewed by their prescriber before the next full batch of eRD prescriptions is issued. Appropriate tests
(e.g blood, BP, etc) may also need to be carried out. If an appointment is necessary, this may take time
to arrange.
It may appear that patients are being referred back early but patients need to understand that they should contact
their GP practice straight away, stating clearly that they need to have their eRD prescription renewed. This is to
ensure that there is sufficient time to undertake their review and conduct any necessary tests so that a new batch
of eRD prescriptions can be issued and made available before their existing medications run out.
It is important to ensure that once they are initiated onto electronic repeat dispensing, patients stay on
electronic repeat dispensing.
Temporarily switching back to repeat prescribing, for example because a patient is due for a review, is confusing
and rapidly undoes the efficiencies which are made through the use of repeat dispensing.
If it becomes necessary to prescribe medication to cover any shortfall until the patient can be reviewed, smaller
numbers (1 or 2 prescriptions) of eRD prescriptions should be issued. Once the patient has been reviewed,
sufficient prescriptions to last up to one year can then be issued.
In some cases, it may be possible for tests such as blood pressure measurement to be carried out at the pharmacy.
As long as no further checks are required, the information can be forwarded to the GP practice with a request for
a new batch, avoiding the need for an appointment. This means that, once a patient has been started on electronic
Repeat Dispensing, the process should become self-perpetuating as well as encouraging regular medication
reviews and testing.
Post dating of the start of a batch of eRD prescriptions is possible and should be encouraged to ensure the
‘eRD batch’ of prescriptions starts when they are needed, not necessarily on the date that the prescription is set up.
This will require a conversation with the patient about how much medication they have at home.
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In order to maintain patients on electronic repeat dispensing and to maximise time
efficiencies, the following strategies could be employed:
1
2
3
Ensure that patients with multiple co-morbidities have their disease reviews and
monitoring aligned to as few appointments as possible.
Set patient recalls for reviews or monitoring to be one month prior to the end of the electronic
repeat dispensing batch, so that patients receive letters and are told that they have been given
their last prescription at around the same time.
Incorporate electronic Repeat Dispensing issue into medication reviews.
4
Ensure that any reviews or monitoring that will be required at the end of a batch are clearly
visible in the patient record. This will mean that administration staff will be able to book the
appropriate appointments for the patient in a timely manner when a patient calls to say they
require a new batch of prescriptions.
5
Consider if monitoring could be done outside the surgery, e.g. if the patient requires a blood
pressure measurement, could the community pharmacy complete this and submit the results
to the surgery?
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Patients on Warfarin
As patients who take warfarin are subject to frequent testing and dose changes, it
might appear that they are not suitable to use eRD. However, many patients that
have been on warfarin for some time can be managed successfully using eRD
using the following method.
• To accommodate possible dose changes, a separate warfarin prescription should be raised. This needs to
be done in a similar way to creating a ‘when required’ batch by re-entering the patient record and creating
a separate prescription with all the strengths that the patient might need (up to four) of warfarin listed.
(Alternatively, separate, individual prescriptions for each strength can be generated.)
• The patient will need to let the pharmacy know which strengths of tablets they require after they have
received their latest INR result and when they are running low on the required strength(s) of tablets.
• Patients will be required to show the result of their most recent INR test when requesting supplies of warfarin
at the pharmacy. To ensure that the patient is attending for regular monitoring, the INR test presented should
be no more than 3 months old.
• The pharmacist will issue the required strengths and mark the rest as ‘Not Dispensed’. This will prevent
stockpiles of warfarin building up at the patient’s home, whilst allowing the patient and the surgery to realise
the full benefits of the eRD service.
As always, patient safety should be paramount and if there is any evidence to suggest that a patient
does not manage their warfarin well or does not attend for regular blood tests they should not be
initiated onto eRD or should have the service withdrawn.
Medical Records
Dispense
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Cancelling and ‘Syncing’ Prescriptions
Even with robust processes for identifying patients suitable for Electronic Repeat
Dispensing with stable medication regimes, some changes to medicines and doses
will inevitably occur from time to time.
If a change is necessary, either the individual item or the whole prescription must be cancelled and the
correct medicines/quantities/doses prescribed. (Please note, it is not possible to amend an existing EPS
prescription. It can only be cancelled and reissued.)
Cancelling an item on an eRD prescription will also cancel that item from all future issues of the prescription that
remain on the Spine. The prescribing system will be notified that these cancellations have been successful or if not,
why any cancellation has failed.
If a prescription has been downloaded by the pharmacy, but has not yet been issued to the patient, it cannot be
cancelled automatically. In this case, the prescribing system will show all the prescriptions on the Spine that have
had item(s) cancelled successfully and show one prescription that has not had the item(s) cancelled as being
‘With Dispenser’.
The GP practice should then contact the pharmacy and request that the prescription is returned to the Spine for
the cancellation to take effect. The amended eRD prescription can then be manually downloaded again by the
pharmacy.
There are two options for patients with multiple items on eRD:
• Cancel ALL outstanding items on the Spine and replace with a new batch of all items including the new item.
• Cancel the individual item(s) – check when the next issue of the existing eRD batch is due and generate a one-
off prescription to cover until the date of the next issue. Then create a new eRD prescription, to start at the
same time as the next issue of the existing eRD prescription, with enough issues so that all prescriptions end at
the same time.
“Syncing” prescriptions in this way aims to ensure that all
the patient’s prescriptions are received by the dispenser on
the same day to ensure patients receive all their medication
at the same time and to support interaction checking
(although it should be recognised that it is extremely
difficult to achieve perfect synchronisation).
It is always good practice to communicate with the patient’s nominated pharmacy
about any changes made to eRD prescriptions.
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS)
Electronic Repeat Dispensing can be a useful way to reduce the extra workload
associated with prescriptions for monitored dosage systems (also known as blister
packs, dosettes, mediboxes, trays, etc.). Here is some additional guidance for using
repeat dispensing for this scenario.
Stable condition
As a general rule, patients using MDS can have less stable medication regimes than many patients and therefore
may not be suitable for eRD. Although prescriptions can be withdrawn from the Spine and re-issued, multiple
changes could result in multiple different prescriptions arriving at the pharmacy increasing the risk of error. To
combat this we would recommend that for MDS patients prescriptions should be raised in no more than 12
week batches which would still reduce the associated workload by 75% (more if you are preparing weekly
prescriptions).
Dosage instructions
Dispensing pharmacies will need enough information to fill the monitored dosage system for the patient. It should
be clear what is to be included within the monitored dosage system and what is to be supplied outside the box.
The community pharmacist will be a good source of information and advice for this.
Hospital admission
Excellent communication is key when patients are transferred from other care settings. For patients receiving
monitored dosage systems this is especially true, as patients are unable to check what medicines have been
dispensed. It may be appropriate for the patient to be removed from repeat dispensing temporarily until you are
confident that their medication regime has been stabilised. Supplying the dispensing pharmacy with a copy of the
discharge medication list (or electronically transferring information about a patients medicines from the hospital to
community pharmacy where such schemes exist) will also help them to ensure that the medication next supplied
to the patient is accurate. The provision of an MDS may be a part of discharge planning.
When required medicines
MDS trays impose a rigid control over the timing and frequency for the administration of oral solid dosage
medications. They are therefore not appropriate for PRN or other medicines of indeterminate frequency of use.
S M T W T F S
For general information on MDS see Wessex LPC Policy link:
https://www.cpsc.org.uk/professionals/other-pharmacy-resources/dda-support
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Care Homes
Electronic repeat dispensing can be a useful way to reduce workload associated
with prescriptions for care homes. Here is some additional guidance for using
repeat dispensing for this scenario.
28–Day prescribing
All care homes should receive prescriptions for 28-day durations. Seek advice from your practice pharmacist
before issuing seven day prescriptions for regular medicines for patients in care homes. If a seven day prescription
is appropriate, record the reason(s) for this in the patient’s record for future reference.
Dosage instructions
Dispensing pharmacies will need enough information to dispense the medication for the care home and for any
care staff to administer the medication appropriately. The use of ‘as directed’ instructions should be avoided.
Ordering
Before initiating any care home patients on electronic Repeat Dispensing, it is important to ensure that the
procedures in place for ordering medicines at the care home are agreed with the pharmacy and GP practice.
Failure to set up a clear system that all parties sign up to will result in duplication of medicines and potential failure
to order some medicines which could have serious consequences for the care home resident.
When required medicines
Follow instructions in the ‘When Required Flow Chart’.
Some care homes may have a homely medicines policy and this should be taken into consideration when deciding
if ‘when required’ medicines need to be issued to individual patients. All ‘when required’ medicines should have
the reason for their use stated on the instructions to guide those administering the medication.
E.g. Senna 7.5mg tablets, Take two tablets at night when needed to relieve constipation
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Patient Consultation
The NHS Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework requires community
pharmacists to ensure a Repeat Dispensing prescription is still appropriate prior
to dispensing.
This is ascertained by checking patient adherence and other relevant clinical factors, such as whether
the patient has recently been in hospital or had changes to their medication regimen.
It is required that patient or carer collecting medicines are asked the following questions.
Housebound patients
Housebound patients should be encouraged to personally request their next issues, presenting an opportunity to
ask the above questions, via telephone. If this is not done they must be contacted by the pharmacy.
Problems
Any significant problems or concerns that arise from the consultation must be passed to the GP practice, in some
situations the pharmacist may need to make the clinical decision not to supply a certain medication due to the
outcome of a consultation. In the case of urgent problems or where an immediate reply is required, the pharmacist
should phone the GP practice.
Items Not Dispensed
Items not required on each issue must be clearly marked as not dispensed before the prescription claim is submitted.
Appointments / Conditions
Have you seen any healthcare professionals (GP, Nurse or Hospital doctor) since your last repeat
was supplied?
1
Medication Changes
Have you recently started taking any new medication on prescription or bought over the counter?
2
Medication Effectiveness
Have you been having any problems with your medication or experiencing any side effects?
3
Usage
Are there any items on your repeat prescription that you don’t need this month?
4
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
Linking to Medicines Use Reviews
Medicines Use Reviews (MURs) by community pharmacists are a great opportunity
to identify patients who are suitable for eRD. Community pharmacists can also
review use of ‘when required’ medicines to assess patient usage and make
recommendations to practices about the appropriate duration and number of
issues for repeat dispensing for individual patients.
Community pharmacists and their staff should continue to identify patients who are suitable for repeat
dispensing and recommend conversion, ideally using the Electronic Repeat Dispensing leaflet.
MURs can serve as a good review for patients to ensure the patient is suitable to continue with repeat dispensing.
Integration of MURs into repeat dispensing is described below.
eRD batch
starts
Patient collects
last prescription
Patient has review
including any
required tests
Pharmacist carries
out MUR
GP issues new
eRD batch
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Electronic Repeat Dispensing:
A Move Away from Managed Repeats
The use of the NHS electronic Repeat Dispensing Service is the NHS preferred
system for ordering repeat medicines.
This is due to the robust systems that are in place as part of this service and the formalised information
sharing as part of the multidisciplinary team that comes as part of the service.
Patients who are enrolled on managed repeat systems are likely to be good candidates for electronic Repeat
Dispensing. Conversion of these patients from managed repeat systems to electronic Repeat Dispensing would
demonstrate community pharmacists’ skills in reviewing medication for long term conditions and working as part of
the multidisciplinary team.
Use of electronic Repeat Dispensing should reduce the need for emergency supplies of medication and allow
better workload management by pharmacies.
Patients accessing services to supply urgent repeat medicines should have electronic Repeat Dispensing explained
to them in order to reduce urgent requests for medicines happening again.
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Repeat Dispensing:
Examples for practice (1 of 2)
Asthma Patient
Well controlled using a ‘preventer’ inhaler regularly and ‘reliever’ inhaler when required. Not due at asthma clinic
for one year.
Most ‘preventer’ inhalers contain 200 doses, and most patients use 4 doses per day, meaning each inhaler lasts 50
days. This equates to around 7 prescriptions per year.
What to issue:
• 1 batch for 7 ‘preventer’ inhalers e.g. Beclomethasone 200mcg/puff CFC-Free inhaler. 2 puffs twice daily x 1
inhaler (7 issues)
• 1 batch for 7 ‘reliever’ inhalers e.g. Salbutamol 100mcg/puff inhaler. 2 puffs when required x 1 inhaler (7 issues)
This allows the patient to get both inhalers if they need them or just one, depending on their needs.
However, in this situation the Pharmacist would be expected to raise concern if the patient is repeatedly
ordering their inhaler(s) more frequently than anticipated. The patient should be questioned about why
they are using more than anticipated and the patient counselled and the GP informed as necessary.
Patient with Type 2 diabetes
Well controlled, taking gliclazide so also uses blood glucose test strips three times a week. Recently had interim
review so due back for annual review in 6 months.
What to issue:
• 1 batch for all regular medication at one month intervals for six months Metformin 500mg tablets, Take two
tablets twice a day x 112 tablets; Gliclazide 80mg tablets, Take one tablet: twice a day x 56 tablets; Ramipril
10mg capsules, Take one daily x 28 capsules.
• Simvastatin 40mg tablets, Take one at night x 28 tablets; Fluoxetine 20mg capsules, Take one daily x 28
capsules. (6 issues) for all.
• Test strips (three times a week for 6 months is 72, most test strip boxes contain 50 strips) Aviva test strips, Test
as directed by doctor x 1 box of 50. Set up as a ‘when required’ item (see page 15) for 1 box of 50 (2 issues).
This allows the patient to get their regular medication, but just the test strips when they run out.
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Repeat Dispensing:
Examples for practice (2 of 2)
Patient with Angina
Patient who has angina that is well controlled and takes regular medication. They had their annual
review 3 months ago, so won’t be seen for another 9 months.
What to issue:
One batch for all regular medication at one month intervals for nine months.
• Lisinopril 20mg tablets, Take one daily x 28 tablets
• Isosorbide mononitrate 10mg tablets, Take one twice a day in the morning and at lunchtime x 56 tablets
• Atorvastatin 40mg tablets, Take one at night x 28 tablets
• Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets, Take one in the morning x 28 tablets
The patient’s GTN spray had not been used for over a year but could be issued as a separate, one off prescription
in line with the ‘when required’ algorithm and only to be dispensed if the patient requests it.
Patient with Arthritis
Patient has multiple medications for pain relief associated with arthritis. If patients have long term pain,
they will usually have pain relief they use every day and some that they use when pain is worse.
What to issue:
• Paracetamol 500mg tablets, Take two four times a day x 224 tablets
• Calcium carbonate 1.5g/10mcg chewable tablets, Take one twice a day x 56 tablets
• Alendronic acid 70mg tablets, Take one weekly x 4 tablets
This patient uses their codeine phosphate for a couple of days a couple of times per month: Codeine phosphate
30mg tablets, Take one when required up to four times a day x 28 tablets.
All of these as part of single batch (6 issues)
Rarely, the patient will use an anti-inflammatory gel, she usually needs a new tube once every couple
of months.
• Piroxicam 0.5% gel x 112g (Separate batch of 3 issues)
Eye drops
Regardless of the quantity on the bottle, all eye drops need to be discarded after 28 days to prevent
the eye drops becoming contaminated.
What to issue:
• Latanaprost 0.05% eye drops x 2.5ml, One drop in both eyes at night (12 issues)
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eRD Pathway
Patient requests to be switched to eRD or is identified as suitable by GP or pharmacy
Patient given information about eRD
Patient consents to eRD and nominates pharmacy (if not already done)
Patient’s suitability checked and medication templates adjusted to ensure all
quantities/durations/review dates aligned
Batch of prescriptions issued for 6-12 months
Prescriptions arrive at spine and are automatically sent to nominated pharmacy
at designated interval or can be manually “pulled down” by pharmacy
Patient collects medicines and has short consultation with pharmacist
to ensure safe effective use of medicines (repeat 6 - 12 times)
Patient collects last prescription and is advised by pharmacist
to request new batch from GP practice (possibly book tests etc.)
Patient contacts GP practice to book relevant appointments or
make request for new batch of prescriptions
Patient attends for tests or appointments and GP conducts medication review
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Yes
Yes
Yes
eRD Suitability Pathway
Is the patient’s condition stable?
Not currently
suitable,
review
periodically.
Has the patient had any
unplanned hospital admissions
in the past 6 months?
Has the patient had or are they likely
to have any changes to their medicines
in the previous/next 6 months?
Does the patient have at least 6
months/issues remaining on all repeat
items and until medicines review due?
MEDICINES NOT SUITABLE FOR eRD:
Controlled drugs
Benzodiazepines
Hypnotics
Medications requiring frequent review such
as methotrexate and lithium
Unlicensed medicines
Are they due for or will they need
any medicine related tests in
the next 6 months?
Suitable for eRD
Does the patient have a nominated
pharmacy and consent to the sharing of
information between pharmacy and GP?
Is the patient on any of the excluded
medications (listed below)?
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Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes No
Yes
Yes
Can they have
tests carried
out early?
Will they consent and
nominate a pharmacy?
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a patient goes on holiday and leaves medication behind?
A patient can nominate a different pharmacy where the next batch issue can be drawn down and dispensed.
How this is achieved will depend upon whether the next prescription has already been drawn down by the
regular, nominated pharmacy.
• If the next due prescription in the batch HAS NOT already been drawn down and is still held on
the Spine, (status of ‘to be dispensed’) and can be located on the EPS prescription tracker, then the temporary
pharmacy can manually download the next batch issue by using the prescription ID, this will leave the patient
nomination for future batch issues at their regular pharmacy.
• If however the next due prescription in the batch HAS already been drawn down by the patient’s
regular (nominated) pharmacy, this will prevent any further prescriptions from being released.
In this case the ‘holiday’ pharmacy should contact the nominated pharmacy and agree a process for
transferring the prescription(s).
Ideally, the prescription that has already been drawn down should be returned to the Spine from where it can
be drawn down again by any pharmacy and without needing to change the patient’s nomination. The temporary
pharmacy will need to know either the Prescription ID (GUID) number or the patient’s NHS number to be able to
do so.
If the usual (nominated) pharmacy is unwilling to return the prescription to the Spine, the patient’s nomination will
need to be temporarily changed to the ‘holiday’ pharmacy and a Dispense Notification (DN) sent by the original
pharmacy for the existing prescription. Sending the DN unlocks the next prescription in the series, enabling the
‘holiday’ pharmacy to search for and download the next prescription.
Do I need the Repeat Authorisation (RA) token for patient?
No. the RA token is a legacy of the paper Repeat dispensing
With electronic RD, each issue is a legal prescription and therefore does not require the authorisation token.
However, local experience has shown that some areas use the RA token to help the patient to see what they have
on eRD. This should be discussed and agreed between the pharmacy and the GP practice so that a clear process
is established.
Can more than one issue be downloaded at a time? (also see holiday scenario)
Yes. As long as it is clinically appropriate to do so, by completing the previous issue (sending Dispense
Notifications) the next issue can be manually drawn down from the Spine.
Do I have to issue 6 or 12 month batches?
No. Although maximum benefits will may be realised with longer durations of regimes, the prescriber may define
any period up to 12 calendar months.
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What if the pack quantity is different from the prescribed quantity i.e. 28 day
supply, pack size is 30?
The prescriber should prescribe the appropriate quantity for the patient clinical care. If a pack size does not match
the prescribed quantity then the pharmacy will endorse the prescription claim with the supplied number.
Alternatively, if a medication needs to be supplied in quantities other than 28 or 56 day amounts, they should be
prescribed on separate prescriptions, with the total quantity adjusted so that all regular medications last the same
amount of time (i.e. 13 x 28, 12 x 30, 6 x 60)
What if the prescriber leaves the practice?
If a prescriber leaves a practice and has ‘authored’ eRD regimes, then these should be identified, cancelled and
re-issued by a new prescriber (see NHS England guidance).
www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/info-revolution/erd-guidance/
Note this can be problematic if the prescriber leaves the practice suddenly and we are currently developing more
detailed guidance to support practices and CCGs. In the first instance, please contact your CCG Medicines team
for guidance.
What if the patient leaves the GP practice?
When a patient changes GP practice, then any outstanding future eRD regimes should be cancelled
(see NHS England guidance).
What if the patient dies?
If a patient unfortunately dies, once the Patient Demographic Service (PDS) is notified, then all outstanding eRD
future issue will be automatically cancelled.
Be aware any issues already ‘with dispenser’ will not be cancelled and manual notification to the nominated
pharmacy is required.
Does the pharmacy need to record the patient responses to the pharmacy
consultation questions?
No. But it would be good practice to record against the patient record any communication with the prescriber
regarding concerns following the patient responses.
Does the patient still need to declare exemptions for each eRD issue?
Yes. Each eRD issue should be processed the same as an individual EPS prescription.
What if an item is out of stock?
If an item is out of stock, then the pharmacy should follow the same processes as per an EPS prescription.
The key requirement is that the previous issue must be completed (i.e. dispensed or not dispensed) before the next
issue can be downloaded.
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With thanks to Wessex eRD Steering Group
Contributors
Hampshire and Isle of Wight eRD Steering Group
Nicki Avenell, Medicines Management Technician, North Hampshire CCG
Ian Bell, GP and Clinical IT Lead, Fareham and Gosport CCG
Julia Booth, Acting Head of Primary Care, South Region (Wessex), NHS England
Julia Carthew, Acting Programme Manager, Wessex AHSN
Nicola Chapman, EPS Project Lead, NHS Digital
Simon Cooper, Deputy Director Medicines Optimisation, Portsmouth CCG
Debby Crockford, Chief Officer, Community Pharmacy South Central
Tracey Day, Lead Medicines Management Technician, North Hants CCG
Jonathon Durand, Head of Medicines Management, Fareham and Gosport CCG
Jennifer Fynn, Head of Medicines Management, North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG
Ruth George, Programme Support Manager, Wessex AHSN
Dion Gordon, Project Manager – Digital Transformation, NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Neil Hardy, Associate Director – Medicines Optimisation, NHS West Hampshire CCG
Clare Howard Clinical Lead, Medicines Optimisation Programme, Wessex AHSN
Alma Kilgarrif, Head of Medicines Management, North Hampshire CCG
Sue Lawton, Locality Lead Pharmacist for West/Community Pharmacy Development Manager, NHS Southampton CCG
Patrick Leppard, EPS Lead, Community Pharmacy South Central
Rosie Macey, Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician, NHS North East Hampshire & Farnham CCG
Graham Mitchell, Information Services Manager, NHS Business Service Authority
Gary Mortimer, Senior Implementation Manager for EPS, NHS Digital
Steve Ogley, EPS Utilisation/Provider Assurance, NHSBSA Prescription Services
Jason Peett, Head of Medicines Management, South East Hampshire CCG
Debra Purdy, Project Manager EPS/eRD, SE Hampshire CCG and Fareham & Gosport CCG
Vicki Rowse, Senior Programme Manager, Wessex AHSN
Liz Williams, Senior Medicines Management Technician Repeat Dispensing, NHS Southampton City CCG