| Prescribing
Review
Each
quarter the PPD produces an article discussing national guidance,
recent clinical trials and prescribing trends for a specific
area of prescribing. These articles are available on the NHSBSA
website at:
http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/PrescriptionServices/945.aspx
The
Prescribing Review is a one page report which shows the prescribing
performance of the practice for the specific drug groupings
that are the subject of each quarter's article. The practice
prescribing costs and items are also shown in comparison with
the local PCT equivalent values.
The
Prescribing Review and its associated article replace the
old 4-page Centre Pages report that was contained within the
PACT Standard report.
From
the written article the PPD then specify the drug groupings
that will format the bar charts and grid area for the Prescribing
Review. Once the drug groupings have been decided then the
actual BNF chapters are determined for which they require
the data for this quarters report.
Header Information
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The
header information on the Prescribing Review contains:
- Title
For all quarters, the title of 'Prescribing Review' above
a sub-title which always begins 'Practice Prescribing and
Spending on' followed by the drug group collective name
that the 3 page article relates to for that quarter.
- Reporting
Period
For the quarter for which the prescribing was attributed.
- Practice
Information
For the practice to which the Prescribing Review report
relates, the name of the practice appears here, along with
the practice code, and the first line of the practice's
address.
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Report Content
This
section shows the prescribing and spending for the practice
in a particular drug group area and compares performance of
the practice (in relation to the subject contained in the
article) against organisations of a similar composition within
the same PCT.
- Bar
Chart
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This
shows Costs and Items for the practice (for the drug groups
specified) and compares these figures against the PCT equivalent
for the practice. The Items are shown in red where as the
Costs are shown in blue. The drug group names are shown
on the left hand side of the Bar Chart. The PCT Equivalent
figures are based on the actual figures for the local PCT
(for the PCT equivalent calculations the List Size of the
PCT and practice are used). The List Size is the total number
of patients registered with the practice (including temporary
residents and over 65s) as last notified by their PCT.
The
PCT equivalent numbers are rounded to the nearest pound
or item.
- Grid
Area
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This
shows Costs and Items for the practice per 1000 PU's (for
the drug groups specified) and compares these figures against
the PCT equivalent Costs and Items figure per 1000 PU's.
The drug group names are shown on the left hand side of
the Grid. Prescribing Units are used in this section of
the report to calculate practice and PCT equivalent values.
Patients under 65 year of age and temporary residents count
as one Prescribing Units (PU). Patients aged 65 or over
count as 3 PU's.
These
numbers are rounded to 2 decimal places.
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