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Electronic Prescription Service Moving to Release 2 Rachel Habergham EPS Programme Head Michelle Greatrex Senior Implementation Manager Health and Social Care Information Centre EPS Release 2 is here > 8,693,202 patient nominations >28% GP practices enabled >95% pharmacies enabled >65% DACs enabled >72,513,075 items dispensed and claimed electronically EPS functionality Nomination Electronic repeat dispensing Electronic signatures Electronic cancellation Electronic submission of reimbursement endorsements Preparing for EPS Release 2 Find out when your local GP’s are going live Speak with your local practice to agree how you will work together after the go live. Joint business change sessions may be arranged to include the GP practice and local pharmacies. Talk to your supplier Training, training, training. The right training, for the right staff at the right time. Helpdesk numbers, who are you going to call? How do you escalate a call if you are unhappy with a response? Business continuity Capture Nominations Talk to patients, capture nominations and manage expectations About Nomination Patients need to nominate It is flexible Patients can have 3 nominations • Community Pharmacy • Dispensing Appliance Contractor • Dispensing GP Principles of Nomination Provide sufficient information No incentives Capture and record promptly New Standard Operating Procedure Communicate Discuss, get consent Ask patients collecting Use posters and leaflets Staple forms to bags Involve your driver Smartcards Ensure all relevant staff have Smartcards Ensure that all staff who need to set patient nominations have the correct access: B0825 - Amend Patient Demographics Dispensing Tokens Ensure you understand how to order dispensing tokens, and make sure you have a supply Dispensing tokens standard text will be printed in the signature box to prevent it from being hand signed barcode EPS Release 1 Use EPS R1 to prepare for EPS R2 “Scan when you can!” A big help when you want to record nominations Hardware Checks Check hardware: • Scanners • Printers • Smartcard readers Check NHS Choices Check your pharmacy details are up to date on the following: • NHS choices If your details are not correct please send the NHS Choices details and the correct details to [email protected] • In your pharmacy system, check that you can see the correct F code. Call your supplier if you are unsure. Business Change Consider the local processes you need •Dispensing & downloading electronic prescriptions •Dispensing tokens •Electronic cancellation •Electronic endorsement and patient declarations •Electronic claims and end of month process www.hscic.gov.uk/epsmap Take a look at the EPS website www.hscic.gov.uk/epsgp Bulletin Stay connected www.facebook.com/epsnhs Follow @EPSnhs EPSnhs channel www.hscic.gov.uk/eps www.hscic.gov.uk/epssignup Contacts Michelle Greatrex (EPS Senior Implementation Manager) 07825 125 498 [email protected] Les Fawcett EPS Project Manager