Introduction
Eschedules was devised as a way to delivery schedule
data in a format that could be downloaded to a database
and manipulated.
Eschedules is an electronic file that contains all of
the data on the paper FP34 schedule of payments.
Eschedules
can be received in conjunction with the paper FP34 and
if you are satisfied with the data, at an agreed time,
the PPD will stop sending paper FP34’s.
Receiving
the data in the eschedules format will allow your company
to extract the data to a database and manipulate the
data to meet the needs of your organisation.
Eschedule
data is available in the form of a 'fixed format' file
which is available via the internet, from a secure web
server.
The data
is available to you at around the same time as the printed
schedule and a 12 month history is maintained.
What
does it look like?
The format
of the data is based on ‘Eschedule Map.xls’,
this describes the layout of the file and the positioning
of the data. You will need this file in order to develop
an IT solution to enable you to use the data to its
full potential.
Unfortunately,
the data is not in a format that is readily exported
to Microsoft Excel.
‘Sample
Eschedule File.dat’ shows a sample of the data.
You can use this file see what the data will look like
and to test your IT solution.
‘Local
Payments.txt’ is a list of local payments, these
are entered by the PCT’s. Not all local payments
will be listed in the eschedule file, only those that
have a payment attached.
Having reviewed the ‘Eschedule map.xls’
and the ‘Sample Eschedule File.dat’, if
you would like to receive electronic FP34 data then
please contact contractorpayments@ppa.nhs.uk with your
company details.
Changes
Occasionally,
it is necessary to make changes to the ‘Eschedule
Map.xls’ or the ‘Local Payments.txt’.
New versions of the files with the changes will be available
in order for you make amendments.
A new version
of the ‘Sample Eschedule File.dat’ will
also be available to aid testing.
Please check
the ‘What’s new’ section for further
details.
