Electronic Prescription Service v6.11 Part 2
- Leah Unsworth-Hughes (Unlicensed)
- Jenna Bennett (Unlicensed)
- Devishree Nath (Unlicensed)
Background
All suppliers should be compliant with Prescribing Systems Compliance Specification v6.11 (Document reference NPFIT-ETP-EDB-0025), published 15 Oct 2018.
Further information on the EPS requirements can be found here.
Outline Plan
All suppliers are required to be compliant with the requirements 5.2.1, 5.2.5, 5.2.7, 6.7.7, 6.7.8, 6.9.10 by
Summary of Change
The requirements within Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) Interop Standard ‘Requirements’ section have been separated out as reflected below.
| Applicable Suppliers | Requirement | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Suppliers of services which ARE currently deployed into an operational environment, and have an existing PDS compliance. | GPSoC CCN057 and EPS Prescribing Systems Compliance Specification v6.0, or a later version. | MUST |
| EPS Prescribing Systems Compliance Specification v6.11 (Document reference NPFIT-ETP-EDB-0025) Requirement 6.4.4 only | MUST | |
| EPS Prescribing Systems Compliance Specification v6.11 (Document reference NPFIT-ETP-EDB-0025) Requirement 5.2.1, 5.2.5, 5.2.7, 6.7.7, 6.7.8, 6.9.10 only | MUST |
Capability Associations and Interop Dependencies
This section lists the Capabilities this Standard is associated with and any other Interop Standards which are needed to meet this Standard
| Prescribing | A solution which implements Prescribing will be expected to be compliant with EPS v6.11 |
Full Specification
Please refer the specification attached here EPS Prescribing Systems Compliance Specification v6.11 (Document reference NPFIT-ETP-EDB-0025)
Assurance Approach
Once development is complete and suppliers are in a position to test, they must contact the EPS team via epssupport@nhs.net to arrange a witness testing slot to provide evidence on specified scenarios. Successful completion of the tests will constitute compliance against this Roadmap Item.