Somerset LMC Weekly Update Friday 5th August 2016
Date sent: Friday 5 August 2016
All Somerset GPs and Practice Managers This and previous updates are available here
- "Strops and Spots" the latest Somerset LMC Chairman's Blog
- GPC Focus on MCPs
- Porter Dodson apprenticeship agreement
- PSDs for Travel Vaccine
Porter Dodson Apprenticeship agreement adding to the suite of HR documents for practices Porter Dodson have now developed an apprenticeship agreement which can be downloaded here. If practices require any of the previous documents please e mail the LMC Office, these include, Staff contract, Staff Handbook, zero hours contract and guidance notes for Practice Managers.
PSDs for Travel Vaccine we have received some queries following the e mail sent to all from from Sue Mulvenna on what constitutes a PSD. A PSD may be verbal or written but must be made after considering that individual patient, and must constitute a clear instruction to the practice nurse or other competently trained health care professional to supply or administer the drug. PSDs can be an electronic instruction, in the form of a prescription provided that it can be linked uniquely to the patient and the prescriber and is under his/her sole control. The PSD could also be a signed list of patients such as in a flu or travel clinic. There is no requirement for the instruction to be defined as a PSD in the notes.Health professionals need to be mindful of the requirements to maintain accurate patient records and the need to ensure that communications between them are understood. Where a verbal PSD is used it would be good practice to record the form of the direction alongside the accurate clinical record of the action(s) subsequently carried out. Further guidance
Kind Regards
Jill
Jill Hellens
Executive Director
Somerset LMC
TEL: 01823 331428
Fax:01823 338561
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