As I said a few weeks ago, the electronic prescription service began in South Tyneside last month with one surgery...
Since the beginning of the service, we have received prescription signals every day.
The numbers we receive have enabled the staff to familiarise themselves with the changes required; and we quickly absorbed the process into the daily routine. The only hic-cup we had involved repeat dispensing for a weekly MDS...when we processed the first one...it reappeared again...just as it should for the following dispensing - except there was a moment when we wondered if the re-appearance indicated it hadn't been completed properly...
The e-prescriptions arrived in a very timely manner - much earlier than paper ones (on one occasion we were on the phone to the doctor and within minutes the prescription appeared in our system).
At the end of the month we transmitted the e-prescription signals easily to the PPD - It would be nice to get the payment just as quickly?
Since the beginning of the service, we have received prescription signals every day.
The numbers we receive have enabled the staff to familiarise themselves with the changes required; and we quickly absorbed the process into the daily routine. The only hic-cup we had involved repeat dispensing for a weekly MDS...when we processed the first one...it reappeared again...just as it should for the following dispensing - except there was a moment when we wondered if the re-appearance indicated it hadn't been completed properly...
The e-prescriptions arrived in a very timely manner - much earlier than paper ones (on one occasion we were on the phone to the doctor and within minutes the prescription appeared in our system).
At the end of the month we transmitted the e-prescription signals easily to the PPD - It would be nice to get the payment just as quickly?
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