EPS Phase 4 switch on extended to more GP practices in Portsmouth
Written by admin on Saturday 1st June 2019
There are a further 10 GP practices in Portsmouth going live very soon. This will affect community pharmacies both in and immediately surrounding the City, so it is important these teams are briefed on what to do. For more information please read on....
Phase 4 of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is currently being switched on at a number of GP practices across Portsmouth. This means that all community pharmacies in England need to be aware that they could now receive Phase 4 tokens from patients.
Additional GP practices will be switched on from Monday 3rd June 2019. It is important that all pharmacies are aware of this and ready to receive Phase 4 tokens.
- East Shore Partnership - 3rd June
- Southsea Medical Centre - 4th June
- Sunnyside Medical Centre - 5th June
- Lake Road Practice - 6th June
- John Ponds Surgery - 7th June
- The Drayton Surgery - 10th June
- Kirklands Surgery - 11th June
- Derby Road Practice - 12th June
- Craneswater Group Practice - 13th June
- Trafalgar Medical Group Practice - 14th June (TBC)
Detailed information for dispensers is available on the NHS Digital website and we have also been provided with some simple briefing summaries to help communicate the message with all community pharmacy teams. We would appreciate it if you could help cascade these messages with your team to help make sure that everyone is prepared for the changes.
Attached is a document containing short and long communications wording. Please use whichever versions are most appropriate for your channels and feel free to amend if required.