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Definition |
Additional Ref. |
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| PACT Catalogue Report |
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The PACT Catalogue complements the PACT Standard report by providing a full inventory of the prescriptions issued for the period required.
The report is designed with the intention of providing prescribers with maximum flexibility and consists of three separate formats:
- Concise Catalogue;
- Full Catalogue;
- Summary of Prescribing.
These three formats provide varying levels of detail and can be used for a variety of analyses either independently or in combination; thus supporting prescribers information requirements with the minimum amount of paper.
The PACT Catalogue is available for either prescribing or dispensing.
Each catalogue consists of a front cover, a contents list and the sections requested.
It is available, on request, for prescribing information covering any time period of between one and twenty four consecutive months (the previous twenty four months). A catalogue is available at the following levels:
GP
Practice.
PACT Catalogues are also available for:
- an individual nurse / supplementary prescriber working within a practice
- an individual nurse / supplementary prescriber who is employed by the PCT and prescribing on behalf of the PCT
- all nurses prescribing within a Community Nurse Prescribing Contract (CNPC) that the PCT has commissioned
- prescribing by a specific nurse within a CNPC that the PCT has commissioned.
The nurse PACT catalogue identifies the formulary from which the nurse is qualified to prescribe, e.g. Mrs. N. Smith (NPEF).
The National PACT Catalogue is available for England, Jersey, Guernsey/Alderney and Isle of Man for FP10 prescribing.
The non-FP10 Catalogue is not be available at National level.
Under certain circumstances the PACT Catalogue may be produced with some figures/sections omitted. These are:
- if no prescribing details are available for the report subject for the report period for any requested PPA BNF code ""*** No Prescribing ***"" will appear to the right of the description in the contents list; no catalogue pages will be printed for these PPA BNF codes. If this applies to all requested PPA BNF codes a report consisting only of a front cover and contents list will be issued
- the summary of prescribing section will not be present if it was requested as a component of a dispensing catalogue or the subject of the catalogue is a practice nurse (England only)
- the figures for percentage change from last year are printed as zero in the summary of prescribing section of the PACT Catalogue if there are no prescribing details for that period, for the report subject
- the figures for percentage variance between the subject and their equivalent are printed as zero in the summary of prescribing section of the PACT Catalogue if there are no list size details, consultaion details for Jersey, available for the report subject.
Relates to England, Isle of Man and Jersey.
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PACT Catalogue
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June-04 |
| PACT Dispensing Catalogue |
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A PACT Dispensing Catalogue includes details of prescriptions attributed to the subject which were also dispensed by the subject, or within the subject's practice dispensary if the subject is a GP.
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PACT Catalogue
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June-04 |
| PACT Prescribing Catalogue |
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A PACT Prescribing Catalogue contains details of prescriptions attributed to the subject (for example all prescriptions attributed to prescribers within a practice if the subject is a practice).
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PACT Catalogue
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June-04 |
| PACT Standard Report |
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This contains an analysis of the prescribing which has taken place during the reporting period. It is produced and sent automatically each quarter and is available monthly on request at GP and Practice level.
Prescribing by nurses working within a practice, nurses directly employed by the PCT and pharmacist supplementary prescribers employed by/have a contract with either the PCT or a practice are included in the totals. The back page of the report shows separate nurse prescribing and pharmacist supplementary prescribing totals.
Under certain circumstances the PACT Standard Report may be produced with some figures omitted. These are:
- figures for change from last year for a practice, PCT or Isle of Man or Jersey equivalent practice and national or English equivalent practice are printed as zero if there are no practice prescribing or list size details, consultation details for Jersey, available for the same period in the previous year
- figures for the own percentage change from last year are printed as zero if there are no prescribing details attributed to a prescriber , in their current practice, for the same period in the previous year
- if there are no prescribing details attributed to a prescriber, in their current practice, for the reporting period, figures are printed as 'NIL'
- the prescribing cost trend graphs may be incomplete if there are no practice prescribing or list size details, consultation details for Jersey, available for any one of the eight quarters.
The PACT Standard Report will not be issued in the following circumstances:
- there are no practice list size details, consultation details for Jersey, available for the reporting period
- there are no practice prescribing details available for the reporting period.
Relates to England, Isle of Man and Jersey.
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PACT Standard
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June-04 |
| PCT Equivalent Practice |
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The figures for a PCT equivalent practice are based on the average figure per PU for a PCT, uprated to the number of prescribing units in the practice for which the information is required. Equivalent figures are calculated using the formula:
((PCT total) / (no of PCT PUs )) x (no of practice PUs)
Relates to England.
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PACT Standard
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June-04 |
| Personal Administration |
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This is a prescription item which is prescribed and administered by a member of the practice team and up to and including March 2004, attracts payment under paragraph 44.5 of the Statement of Fees and Allowances (Red Book).
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PACT Standard
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June-04 |
| Pharmacist Supplementary Prescribers |
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These figures represent all prescribing on FP10 prescription forms by pharmacist supplementary prescribers who are employed by/have a contract with either a practice or a PCT and who have prescribed for a patient in a particular practice.
Relates to England.
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PACT Standard
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June-04 |
| Practice Costs by Therapeutic Group |
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This section of the PACT Standard shows the profile of a practices expenditure over the BNF chapters in relation to that of its PCT or Isle of Man or Jersey equivalent practice.
It provides a further breakdown of practice prescribing costs. The following details are provided for each of the current national top six BNF therapeutic groups and the 'All Other' group for a practice and its PCT or Isle of Man or Jersey equivalent practice:
- total net ingredient cost of prescribing for the current quarter, rounded to the nearest £, presented as a bar chart
- percentage change from the same quarter in the previous year.
The following details are also provided, expressed as a percentage, for each of the BNF groupings for the current quarter for England and Isle of Man:
- variance between a practice and PCT or Isle of Man equivalent practice
- prescribing costs attributable to new drugs.
Relates to England, Isle of Man and Jersey.
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PACT Standard
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June-04 |
| Practice Nurse Prescribing |
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Prescribing by practice nurses is aggregated into the practice totals on the PACT Standard Report and practice level PACT Prescribing Catalogue. A separate catalogue showing only practice nurse prescribing is also available.
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PMD
PACT Standard
PACT Catalogue
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June-04 |
| Practice Prescribing Costs |
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This is a section of the PACT Standard which provides information on prescribing costs.
The following details are provided:
- total net ingredient cost of prescribing for the current quarter, rounded to the nearest £, presented as a bar chart
- percentage change from the same quarter in the previous year.
These details are provided for:
- the practice
- the PCT equivalent practice (England)
- the Isle of Man equivalent practice (Isle of Man)
- the Jersey equivalent practice (Jersey)
- the national equivalent practice (England)
- the English equivalent practice (Isle of Man)
- the prscriber.
The following details are also provided, expressed as a percentage for England and Isle of Man:
- variance between a practice and PCT or Isle of Man equivalent practice
- variance between a practice and national or English equivalent practice
The information can be used to determine how a practices costs compare with the same period the previous year, its PCT or Isle of Man or Jersey equivalent practice and its national or English equivalent practice.
Relates to England, Isle of Man and Jersey.
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PACT Standard
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June-04 |
| Prescribing Analyses and Cost PACT |
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Prescribing Analyses and CosT information on GP and Nurse prescribing, collected by the PPA following the reimbursement of community pharmacists and dispensing doctors for dispensing FP10 prescriptions and for personally administered items. PACT provides GP and nurse prescribers and supplementary prescribers with reliable and regular information about their prescribing habits and costs.
There are two PACT reports:
- PACT Standard
- PACT Catalogue.
Relates to England, Isle of Man and Jersey.
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PACT Standard and PACT Catalogue
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June-04 |
| Prescribing by BNF Therapeutic Group in a Practice |
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This is a section of the PACT Standard which provides a more detailed breakdown of prescribed items. It provides details for each of the current national top six BNF therapeutic groups and the 'All Other' group, for a practice and its PCT or Isle of Man or Jersey equivalent practice.
The following details are provided:
- number of prescribed items for the current quarter, presented as a bar chart
- percentage change from the same quarter in the previous year.
The following details are also provided for each of the BNF groupings for the current quarter for England and Isle of Man:
- percentage variance between a practice and PCT or Isle of Man equivalent practice
- percentage of prescribed items which were dispensed generically.
The percentage of items prescribed generically is also provided for a practice for Jersey.
Relates to England, Isle of Man and Jersey.
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PACT Standard
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June-04 |
