Pharmacy Services Release 10.2

Summary of Changes

Pharmacy Services release 10.2 contains the following new features and improvements:

Contraception

The following enhancements have been made to the Contraception Service:

• Emergency Contraception - You can now provide Emergency Oral Contraception to your patients and record it in Pharmacy Services.

  See Completing an Emergency Contraception Service for details.

• Service Type - A new Service Type column has been added to the Active and Complete Contraceptive Service screens, displaying the type of contraception service being provided.

• Filtering Contraception Services - Completed Contraception Services can now be filtered by Service Type.

• Method of Entry - The Method of entry to service options have been updated to improve clarity:

  • Patient identified in the pharmacy

  • Signposted from GP practice

  • Signposted from a sexual health clinic (or equivalent)

  • Onward referral from another pharmacy

  • Signposted from NHS 111

  • Self-referral

• Consultation Details - Chaperone - The Consultation Details section now includes an option to record if a chaperone was offered to the patient.

• Patient Weight and Height - The BMI Reading section has been replaced with a Patient Weight and Height section when providing Combined or Emergency Oral Contraception. The BMI reading is calculated when a Weight and Height is entered.

• Outcomes - The Outcomes section now includes an option to record potential safeguarding concerns identified during the consultation, as well as confirmation of adherence to local safeguarding policies.

• Product Supply Type - The Product Supply Type option for Independent Prescriber (Rx) has been removed, and Patient Group Direction (PGD) is now selected by default.

New Medicine Service (NMS)

• Addition of Depression - Depression is now an eligible condition for the NMS service, with an updated list of associated medications.

Vaccinations

The following enhancements have been made to the Vaccinations Service:

• Private GP Notifications - GP Notifications are now sent to a patient's GP via NHSMail when completing consultations for private Flu and Covid vaccinations.

• Multiple Vaccination Records - When adding multiple flu and Covid vaccinations in a single Pharmacy Services session, details entered in the following fields are retained and automatically populated in the next vaccination, reducing the need for repeated data entry.

  • Admin Clerk Details (Clinical Screening)

  • Responsible Clinician

  • Responsible Drawer

  • Drawn Up By

  • Vaccinator

  Note - You can override the automatically populated details if required, and your changes are retained for any subsequent vaccinations in this session.

This release also includes some background fixes and improvements to Pharmacy Services.