Codeword by katie mckittrick


PRESCRIPTION PAymENT SUPPORT SERVICE Over the last few months I have been asked the same question by different pharmacists – “If they coded an item incorrectly or coded the wrong quantity why was it not corrected by the system at BSO? “how would that happen if my forms are scanned?”


There is confusion between scanning and autocoding, so I will explain the difference why a scanned form may not always be autocoded.


All prescription forms are scanned by BSO. This is just a photographic record for use in the payment of prescriptions. Not all forms are Autocoded.


Only forms that are fully coded can go through the Autocode process. BUT, if there is any damage to the barcode then the form will not be read during the autocoding process and will be forwarded to manual Data Entry.


BSO autocoding process cannot recognise any of the following characters:


Decimal point – 2.5ml <Space> – 2 x 28 * – 2*28 X – 2x30 letters – seven tablets


BSO autocoding process can only recognise whole numbers. Other characters will cause autocoding to fail and the form will be forwarded to manual Bata Entry to be keyed by hand into the payment system.


CONSUlTATIONS ROUND-UP A


£40m cash injection to the NI health service brought a reprieve from the Trust’s


planned £70m savings. however, the Southern Trust’s proposal to scrap the community pharmacy-based Small Aids & Appliance service is still going ahead.


UCA and Southern pharmacies questioned the basis of centralising the delivery of these items to save money mainly because community pharmacies were asked to take the work on because the original centralised scheme was deemed to be too expensive.


This is a disappointing move and one which we believe will disadvantage isolated and vulnerable people in the southern trust area.


The Pharmaceutical Society of NI are consulting on a new set of Premises Standards with a proposal for new inspections. The consultation can be viewed on www.psni.org.uk.


The consultation document sets out five key principles and related standards detailing requirements of the Pharmacy Owner and Superintendent carrying on a retail pharmacy business at or from a registered pharmacy.


The document also sets out compliance indicators as a guide to how the standards could be met (this section is not part of the consultation). There is no plan to change the current system of inspection of registered premises.


Part of a Uk-wide NhS workforce Review, Dr Colin Adair and jill mcIntyre from South-Eastern hSCT have been appointed by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at the Dept of health to lead a Project Board to look at pharmacy workforce needs in Northern Ireland.


The role of the Project Board is to gather evidence through qualitative and quantitative measures, meeting with the different representative groups from within and without pharmacy, review the evidence and agree a final report with recommendations on the way forward. It is estimated that the project should take 15-18 months to complete.


If you have any views or comments on the pharmacy workforce, please contact UCA as we would love to hear your views.


The forms in the sections listed below are not sent to autocoding. They go directly to manual Data Entry: • forms in the amended batch • forms not fully coded (in the fully coded batch) • Oxygen • Stock • Specials • hospice • PV1


manual Data Entry is exactly what it says. The manual Data Entry team do not scrutinise the form - they simply key the codes and quantities that are written on the form by the pharmacy.


forms that cannot be entered at this stage are escalated to the pricing


PACT NEwS


The ImPACTAgewell community-led social prescribing project in mid and East Antrim has been actively supporting older people for over six months now and each of the six hubs has a growing caseload of older people benefiting from the support.


Primary and Community Care Together (PACT), as a partner in the ImPACTAgewell project, has ensured that community pharmacy is an intricate part of the hub model. This is achieved by the six PACT pharmacists, who represent the network of community pharmacies on the ImPACTAgewell hubs, and who sit alongside gPs, NhSCT staff and mEAAP Project Officers discussing each case.


Due to the national interest focused on the project, the PACT directors realised it would be an excellent opportunity for community pharmacy to demonstrate its value within the project.


PACT has, with the support of partners, been successful in securing a grant from Northern Pharmacies Trust ltd to deliver a comprehensive evaluation of the community pharmacy aspect of the


team including: • Partially Coded forms • Uncoded forms


These items normally have a diamonded item that cannot be coded and require a price. A member of the pricing team will source a price and, again, the information is input manually.


It is important to make sure your handwriting is clear and can be easily read to reduce the risk of keying errors in manual Data Entry. If you need further information or clarification on this please call the UCA Office and ask for katie or Dany.


project. The grant will also be used to support all community pharmacists involved in the project, allowing networking and training opportunities to build capacity and learning across the sector.


PACT are now working with mOIC (medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre) to deliver a two-year independent evaluation of the community pharmacy element of the ImPACTAgewell project.


mOIC have kindly offered to help this evaluation with ‘fund matching’ and, over the next few years, all of the community pharmacies within the area will be able to avail of extra support and training as required.


PACT has also been successful in securing support via ‘Project EChO’ for the delivery of medicines optimization by a network of community pharmacists within the ImPACTAgewell social prescribing model. Project EChO uses multi- point video conferencing, and the format will facilitate a range of subjects to be discussed through formal presentation at the ‘hub’ and then enable specific case studies to be presented from the ‘spokes’. (See page ?/ for more details on Project EChO.)


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