Proxy Access

Proxy Access enables named care home staff to order residents’ monthly repeat medication online.

The Digital Care Homes & Social Care Team provides support for Care Homes & GP practices set up electronic ordering of monthly medication for residents. This gives more autonomy & accountability to Care Homes and provides GPs with a better audit trail.

This uses current proxy functionality available in the GP clinical systems TPP & EMIS, via GP online services to enable care home staff to order medications and access information in the GP record for residents in their care.

The benefits:

• Reduction in calls to the GP practice
• Reduced time by GP practices processing care home medication orders
• Fewer risks & issues associated with ordering, issuing, collecting and dispensing medications
• Fewer errors & queries (e.g. missing items, what has been ordered / collected from pharmacy)
• Improved clinical safety
• Easy to access audit trail
• Easier & faster access as care home staff can order at any time of the day or night
• Improved data security – care home staff have individual username and password
• Better communication & partnership working