Legacy Smartcard
This month there are changes to the smartcards used for signing electronic prescriptions. All relevant computers and devices must have the software Oberthur middleware installed. Middleware is the communications link between applications on a computer and the...
Routine Childhood Vaccinations – changes from 1st July 2025
There are significant changes to the routine childhood vaccination schedule and to the selective hepatitis B (HepB) programme 1 July 2025 and 1 January 2026, including the introduction of a new routine vaccination appointment at 18 months. This is as a result of the...
GLP-1 Notifications
Judging by the number of private letters for patients commencing GLP-1 our coding team are getting currently, we imagine many of you are getting a bit bogged down by these. The process we recommend is our coding team will add a code for anti-obesity medication...
Inactivation of SNOMED Codes
Register with a GP Faster registrations now integrated on SystmOne
Patients register via the “Register with a GP surgery” online service Registrations are sent directly to SystmOne If criteria are met, patients are auto-registered instantly No need for manual input from practice staff NHS England is currently rolling this out but you...
PCA’s & Exceptions
There is still a lot of confusion around Personalised Care Adjustments (PCA’s) and Exceptions and when to use them. PCA’s were introduced in April 2019, to differentiate between adjusting care and removing a patient from a denominator. PCA’s are automatically...
Childhood Immunisations increased to £12.06
To avoid confusion, the services listed below have increased from £10.06 to £12.06 per vaccine administered: Childhood Immunisations Hexavalent (6-in-1) vaccination programme 2025/28 (6IN125) HepB vaccination programme 2025/28 (HEPB25) Meningococcal B (MenB)...
Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH)
NDH002 – % patients with NDH who have had a HbA1c or fasting glucose performed in the last 12m NDH or pre-diabetes is designed to intervene to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. NDH has the fastest growing prevalence rate; 1.07% increase in the last...
Why do all items not appear on a FP34D Report?
If you add a code for administration of … and then add brand/manufacturer, it will not appear. For it to appear on the FP34D report it first needs to be added as a medicine to the patients acute list and have the box ticked for personally administered. This is really...Free Monthly Hints & Tips
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