Any other organisations I should set up?

The organisations listed below are used in other parts of Vision:

  • Primary Care Trust/Clinical Commissioning Group - Enter your PCT of CCG. In Organisation – Identifiers, enter the PCT code (5 character format beginning with 5) or CCG code (NNA eg 12A). Record its address and contact numbers. On the Practice details screen, you can select a PCT or CCG from a picklist. The PCT/CCG address is printed on prescriptions rather than the HA, in England and Wales only (see Main Surgery).
  • Clinics or Units - to whom you may make referrals - follow the instructions in Add Hospital or NHS Trust.
  • Drug manufacturers - These companies are used when recording batch numbers on practice administered therapy items in Consultation Manager.
  • Insurance organisations - These can be recorded against a patient's Registration record (eg BUPA); include any for whom you might do insurance reports.
  • Medical Insurance organisations, such as Medical Defence Union, which can optionally be entered on a GP's Professional details (File Maintenance – Staff).
  • Residential Institutes - see Add Nursing Home or Residential Institute
  • Social Services - Add Social Service offices and other organisations to whom you may make referrals, such as McMillan Nurses that supply carers. The Carer can be added as a "Person" directly for that organisation. They will then be available on a Carers list from either Registration or Consultation Manager. Note - you can also add carers, even if they are not patients with your practice, within either of these modules.
  • Pharmacy - Add a list of local pharmacies. In Consultation Manager, you can select a patient's Preferred Pharmacy in Patient Details. This can then be printed on a prescription at the top left, though long names may have to be truncated. It is recommended that you add the pharmacy NACS code in the identifier tab. This is especially pertinent to electronic prescribing where a nominated dispenser can also be selected. Adding the NACS code means that Vision can accurately match or mismatch the nominated and preferred pharmacy on the patient record. See Electronic Prescribing Help for further information.
  • Credit card companies - The picklist on Registration-Identifiers for a patient will then allow credit card numbers to be entered for private patients.
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