Rachel Habergham

EPS Programme Head

Electronic Prescription ServiceMoving to Release 2

Michelle GreatrexSenior Implementation Manager

Health and Social Care Information Centre

EPS Release 2 is here

> 8,693,202 patient

nominations

>95% pharmacies

enabled

>65% DACs enabled

>72,513,075 items

dispensed and claimed

electronically

>28% GP practices

enabled

Electronic signatures

Electronic repeatdispensing

Electronic cancellation

Nomination

Electronic submission of reimbursement endorsements

EPS functionality

Preparing for EPS Release 2

Speak with your local practice to agree how you will work together after the go live.

Find out when your local GP’s are going live

Joint business change sessions may be arranged to include the GP practice and local pharmacies.

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

Talk to your supplier

Talk to patients, capture nominations and manage expectations

Capture Nominations

About NominationPatients need to nominate

It is flexible

Patients can have 3 nominations

• Community Pharmacy• Dispensing Appliance Contractor• Dispensing GP

Principles of NominationProvide sufficient information

No incentives

Capture and record promptly

New Standard Operating Procedure

CommunicateDiscuss, 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

Ensure you understand how to order dispensing tokens, and make sure you have a supply

Dispensing Tokens

Dispensing tokens

barcode

standard text will be printed in the signature box to prevent it from being hand signed

Use EPS R1 to prepare for EPS R2

“Scan when you can!”

A big help when you want to record nominations

EPS Release 1

Hardware Checks

Check hardware:

•Scanners

•Printers

•Smartcard readers

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 epsimplementation@hscic.gov.uk

• In your pharmacy system, check that you can see the correct F code. Call your supplier if you are unsure.

Check NHS Choices

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

Business Change

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Take a look at the EPS website

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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

michelle.greatrex@hscic.gov.uk

Les Fawcett

EPS Project Manager