Non-Medical Prescribers in Scotland - A Reminder

We would like to remind you of three important blogs recently shared, please take a look

Reauthorisation of Serial Prescriptions (CMS)

Cegedim Healthcare Solutions has been made aware of instances where Independent Prescribers (i.e. Non-Medical Prescribers) are using Vision 3 prescribing functionality to inappropriately attempt to reauthorise serial prescriptions (CMS) or where an Independent Prescriber may have been inadvertently selected during the Reauthorisation process. See the below blog for more details:

https://blog.cegedim-healthcare.co.uk/hive-news/scotland-only-reauthorisation-of-serial-prescriptions-cms

Did you know…In Scotland a non-medical prescriber can only authorise items within their selected capacity?

From Vision 3 release DLM 830, when you are printing prescriptions from Prescription Manager you must only select items the Prescriber to Sign has the capacity to prescribe. See the below blog for more details:

https://blog.cegedim-healthcare.co.uk/hive-news/did-you-know-in-scotland-a-non-medical-prescriber-can-only-authorise-items-within-their-selected-capacity

Non-Medical Prescribers - Searching for active repeats authored by a non-medical prescriber without a capacity set

From Vision 3 release DLM 830, all non-medical prescribers must select in which capacity they are prescribing from Capacity when authorising a prescription item. If no Capacity is selected, the items do not issue or print. Once you have upgraded to Vision 3 release DLM 830, you can easily create a search to identify all active repeats authored by a non-medical prescriber where the Capacity is not set as either Independent or Supplementary. See the below blog for more details:

https://blog.cegedim-healthcare.co.uk/hive-news/non-medical-prescribers-scotland-only-updated