Electronic Prescription Service –Report to Nottinghamshire LPC
Period 17 June 2015 - 12 July 2015
Michelle Peet
EPS Project & Business Change Manager
Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service
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Mobile: 07540 672938
Local Deployment Update
The total number of GP Practices live with EPS across Nottinghamshire is 79/146 or 54%.
CCG – Number/Percentage of GP Practices live with EPS
CCG / Noof Practices / No Live / % LiveCity / 58 / 30 / 52%
Mansfield & Ashfield / 28 / 14 / 50%
Newark & Sherwood / 15 / 12 / 80%
Nottingham North East / 21 / 13 / 62%
Nottingham West / 12 / 6 / 50%
Rushcliffe / 12 / 4 / 33%
A number of Dispensing GP Practices have expressed an interest in EPS howeverthe EPS software is currently only compatible with non-dispensing patients.
There are no available go live slots in the roll-out plan for this year. Several GP Practices have shown an interest in booking a slot for January 2016.
Confirmed go Lives
Boulevard SurgeryC15/07/2015
Beechdale SurgeryC15/07/2015
Church Street 11bNW21/07/2015 Cancelled
ParksideC29/07/2015
Bull FarmMA05/08/2015
St PetersMA06/08/2015
OakwoodMA17/09/2015
Derby RoadC24/09/2015
Grange FarmC30/09/2015
West OakNNE08/10/2015
ManorNW15/10/2015
Lenton C22/10/2015
Greenwood & SneintonC28/10/2015
WellspringC03/11/2015
St GeorgesC04/11/2015
HealdswoodM&A11/11/2015
Family Medical CentreM&A 12/11/2015
High Green (Mary Potter)C19/11/2015
Go Live Dates Requested (not confirmed)
Queens BowerC12/01/2016
St Mary’sC12/01/2016
Church Street 11bNW21/01/2016
Demonstrations Booked/Completed
Queens BowerC
St Mary’sC
Mayfields Medical PracticeC
Sunrise Medical PracticeC
Radford Medical CentreC
University ParkC
Melbourne ParkC
Strelley Health CentreC
MayfieldsC
SunriseC
SelstonM&A
The SurgeryM&A
Acorn M&A
Low Moor RoadM&A
Peacock NNE
Demonstrations Requested
Mapperley ParkC
Victoria & MapperleyC
Sandy LaneM&A
CCGS:
C – City, MA – Mansfield & Ashfield, NNE – Nottingham North and East, NS – Newark & Sherwood, NW – Nottingham West, R – Rushcliffe
National Deployment Update
National Figures
- 60% GP practices live
- 97% pharmacies live
- 83% Dispensing Appliance Contractors live
- 13,945,763 patients have a community pharmacy nomination
- 47% average live site usage
New Line Service Reports
Live service status information is now available to pharmacies and dispensing appliance contractors through their Smartcard. The HSCIC Service Status pages show the availability of national infrastructure services, such as EPS, Spine, N3 and the Care Identity Service, which manages Smartcard access.
This means that a dispenser experiencing problems accessing or processing an electronic prescription can see at a glance if there is a national service issue. If it is not a national service issue, it is likely to be a problem with their PMR system or with their local equipment or internet connection. In this case, users should contact their supplier’s helpdesk for support.
Controlled Drugs Implementation
Legislation came into force on 1 July 2015, to allow controlled drugs listed under schedules 2 and 3 to be prescribed and dispensed using EPS. Now changes need to be made to all EPS enabled prescribing and dispensing systems.
System suppliers have been sent the amended technical requirements and once they have completed assurance and testing, controlled drugs can be implemented within EPS across England.
The HSCIC are currently working with dispensing suppliers to identify their estimated implementation dates.
Temporary Card Access
The HSCIC is aware of the potential business continuity risks associated with lost or stolen Smartcards and has issued guidance to local RA teams so that locked Temporary Access Cards (TACs)can be provided to pharmacies that consider themselves at risk.
TACs are Smartcards with a pre-defined set of pharmacist access rights. They can be activated by the sponsor or Local Smartcard Administrator, in conjunction with the pharmacist who requires the card. Contact your RA team if you are interested in obtaining a TAC.
EPS Forum
The latest EPS Forum was held on 1 July 2015. A range of topics that were covered, including EPS benefits and Phase 4 are available at
Enhanced Prescription Tracker
The EPS prescription tracker is now even better and you can expect new features to be added regularly. Prescribers and dispensers can use it to check the status of a prescription and can search by date range or prescription version and status.
The latest version includes a new 'My Site' function, which allows prescribers and dispensers to search for all prescriptions for their site. (Note: This type of search will not return any results for locum pharmacists logged on using a Virtual Local Pharmacy (FFFFF) user role profile, as a virtual organisation doesn't have any prescriptions associated with it.)
The new 'Applied or Pending Cancellation' functions show if a cancellation applies to the whole prescription or one of the items on it, as well as the reason for the cancellation.
NHS England – Electronic Repeat Dispensing Guidance – May 2015
Repeat dispensing with the Electronic Prescription Service provides huge efficiency savings in general practice. Repeat dispensing used with EPS introduced new functionality and legal prescription information that differs from the paper process. This guidance enables prescribers and dispensers to use the functionality effectively.
Michelle Peet
EPS Project & Business Change Manager
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