eps release 2 rebecca pierce & bet rudge
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EPS Release 2 Rebecca Pierce & Bet Rudge. You are ready…. Do you have working smartcards? Are your nominations in a cupboard on paper – not on the spine? Can you put your token in the printer the right way around? To get smartcards, you need a sponsor – NHS England Process - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
EPS Release 2Rebecca Pierce & Bet Rudge
You are ready….• Do you have working smartcards?
• Are your nominations in a cupboard on paper – not on the spine?
• Can you put your token in the printer the right way around?
• To get smartcards, you need a sponsor – NHS England Process
• Requests from sponsors for staff - UIM request, contact 0114 3051030 to book appointment
• NHS Choices is the reference point for your pharmacy
A script may arrive TODAY if NHS Choices shows you are ready…
Most pharmacies are ready
standard text will be printed in the signature box to prevent the prescriber from hand signing it
Or a patient might bring a prescription token for you to pull down from the spine
barcode
Do you have a sponsor in place?
https://portal.national.ncrs.nhs.uk/portal/dt
Sponsors make requests for staff via UIM
https://portal.national.ncrs.nhs.uk/portal/dt
A request to become a sponsor is via NHS England
LPC website details the process including the FFFFF code process
http://psnc.org.uk/nottinghamshire-lpc/electronic-prescription-service-eps/bassetlaw/
Dispensing tokens
barcodestandard text will be printed in the signature box to prevent it from being hand signed
The GP may put messages on the counterfoil for the patient
Sponsor with no card
Key Contact Information:
For Appointments in Bassetlaw
Phone IT support 0114 3051030 to book appointment - generally Tuesday afternoon and Thursday Morning.
Sessions are available at Doncaster / Barnsley and Sheffield on request.
NHS England sign as the sponsor for sponsors
Smartcard Changes UIM2 – is in development due Autumn 2014 –‘CareID’ but confirmation of this new name is yet to be agreed.
Information from smartcards will be transferred to UIM2, ready for existing systems to be switched off in December.Processes will need to be revised but e-learning training will be available from HSCIC to support sponsors. A communication plan is being developed by the Project Manager for UIM2
Recommendation: Arrange smartcards now!
Standard Deployment Model
EPS CSU Deployment http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/eps/library/depmodel.pdf
• Practice Expression of Interest• Obtain list of Pharmacy with 2% or more script flows• Arrange Kick off Meeting at Practice – practice invites
pharmacies• Arrange follow up visits to Pharmacy on the “2% list”• Pharmacy gets ready • Confirm go live date with practice• Arrange business change to which Pharmacies should
secure an invite.• Pharmacy continues to nominate patients, particularly
those collecting repeats from five weeks before the go live date
• Scripts sent by practice at Go live• We make sure receiving pharmacies process scripts
Practice Readiness
But if you are ready according to NHS Choices - a patient could get their script sent to YOU - Are you ready?
Pharmacy Readiness
But if you are ready according to NHS Choices - a patient could get their script sent to YOU - Are you ready?
CCG AreaNo. of Pharmacies
No. of pharmacies visited
Percentage Visited
No. of live pharmacies
Percentage Live
Barnsley 54 35 65% 34 63%
Bassetlaw 20 2 10% 0 0%
Doncaster 83 51 61% 15 18%
Rotherham 84 41 49% 42 50%
Sheffield 125 92 74% 92 74%
Bassetlaw EPS Plans
But if you are ready according to NHS Choices - a patient could get their script sent to YOU now - Are you ready?
Talk to practices and encourage them to go live, Nominate their patients
Crown House kick off 12/5/2014Larwood kick off 02/06/2014 go live
16/10/2014business
22/09/2014change
Riverside kick off 04/06/2014 Bridgegate kick off 05/06/2014Bawtry & Blyth kick off 11/6/2014 go live
18/09/2014business
22/08/2014change
Misterton kick off 01/7/2014Tall Trees kick off 22/07/2014
Getting Ready - Pharmacy• Talk to practices – Talk to us – get invited• Check LPC Website has all the details• Find your sponsor• Ensure smartcards have the correct roles including nominating• Capture Patient Nominations• Scan barcoded paper scripts • Order your tokens - check stock regularly • Patient Communication - Leaflets/Posters/Window Stickers• Review available factsheets:
www.hscic.gov.uk/systemsandservices/eps/dispensing/help • Schedule and agree system training – get system supplier to send a
test script to test printing ideally before the rush!
