Overview
Our computer supplier EMIS
have made available to us a web site module
which will allow you to book appointments,
order repeat prescriptions and change your
contact information online. You can now also use your digital TV or mobile phone.
Read the instructions below
first, then click here to access the system
once you have obtained a PIN number to use
the system.
Registering for the online
system/TV/mobile phone
The registration is simple-
but for security we will need you to come
into the surgery with some proof of ID before
we give you a PIN and so on. Acceptable
ID may be a photo driving license or a passport.
Parents will be able to
take a PIN for their children. Similarly,
carers of the disabled and so on will be
able to for them.
Clearly if we find that
someone is booking appointments willy nilly,
or abusing the system in any other way,
then we will cancel their online account.
Accessing appointments on Sky:
Press the Interactive button on your remote
Select SKY Active from the menu
Select Interactive Services
Select Local Services
Select Looking Local
Now navigate to your area or use the "Search for Your Area" facility
Accessing appointments on a 3 Mobile Handset:
Services
Websites
Look up Stuff
Looking Local
Now navigate to your area or use the "Search for Your Area" facility
Popular with patients
EMIS Access not only saves
both time and money for the practice, but
also allows reception staff to focus on
other key areas and provide a better service
to patients. The service has benefits for
patients without internet access too - EMIS
Access means that less people will be ringing
the surgery, so it makes the practice more
accessible over the phone.
The service has proved
particularly popular with busy commuters,
the elderly and people with disabilities.
Families with young children are welcoming
the service, as children often become ill
at night, and parents can put their minds
at rest by booking an appointment straightaway.
Then if the child feels better in the morning,
the appointment can be cancelled just as
easily.
Huge savings for the NHS
EMIS Access could save
the NHS at least £29.2 million per year,
at a conservative estimate.
It costs a practice on
average 67p in overheads to book an appointment.
There are approximately 39,600 appointments
booked each year and there are 5,500 practices
using EMIS. If just 10% of those appointments
are booked using EMIS Access, that represents
a £14.6 million saving each year.
If the same patients also
order their repeat prescriptions through
EMIS Access, at the same cost, the saving
for the NHS rises to £29.2 million, each
year
We anticipate that more
than 10 per cent of patients will use EMIS
Access - there are potentially 27 million
NHS patients across England that could benefit
from the system. |
