Message Details

Each message has at least one tab at the bottom of the screen. It depends on the type of message as to the tabs available:

• Message - Displays the message information for messages including Out of Hours Reports and In Patient Reports.
• Pathology or Results for a Pathology message.
• Summary for GP2GP.
• Header - Displays general details about the message, including:
  • A description
  • The type of message
  • The date and time created
  • A unique message reference number
  • The organisation that sent the message
  • Who the message is intended for
  • The name of the patient and their demographic details

  The Header is hidden by default, see Message Tab for details on displaying it.

• Audit - See Audit tab for details.
• Actions - See Completing an Action from the Message Actions tab for details.

For Pathology messages in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you can copy text from a message for pasting into other applications, such as Word documents. This is particularly useful when creating clinical correspondence. See Copying Pathology Message Text (England, Wales, Northern Ireland only) for details.