Setting Up GP Connect Appointments

To create an appointment that is available to a third party via GP Connect, the following conditions must be met:

  • The ODS Code of the organisations you want to share your appointments with, see Adding ODS Codes for further details.
  • Slot Types must have a Delivery Channel, this tells the booker the type of appointment they are booking:

See Adding a Slot Type for further details.
  • Sessions must have a Practitioner Role and Location, this tells the booker the type of clinician and where they are booking:

See Creating a Session for further details.
  • An appointment slot must currently be tagged manually as a GP Connect slot, this step must be done from Appointments:
    • To tag a slot as GP Connect available, from Appointments, from the slot required, select Options - GP Connect - Share with and then select either the specific organisation or the Preset group.

    • To tag a selection of slots as GP Connect available, from Appointments, right click on all the slots required and select GP Connect - Share with and then select either the specific organisation or the Preset group.

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