PTE form - Introduction

If you have any queries about the PTE questionnaire, please feel free to contact either:

the PPA help desk on 0191 203 5050 email
or the PTE project team on 0191 2035401.

Report and Electronic Systems Questionnaire

Name:

Address

Email

Telephone

Please indicate which type of organisation you are:

GP surgery | CU | PCG/T | HA | RO | DH

1. What is your formal job title:


2. What are your main business functions:

Please indicate which of the PPA reports / electronic systems you receive / have access to.

Do you receive the report directly?

n/a

Indirectly from someone else?

n/a

What is the main purpose of your use?

Not Used

Prescribing Monitoring

Trend Analysis

Financial Accounting

Fraud Detection

Budget Setting

Other

How much time do you spend analysing/using the report/system per month?

Up to 1 hour

Up to 1 day

More than 1 day

(specify here if more than one day)

What is your preferred frequecy for receiving the information?

Monthly

Quarterly

6 monthly

Yearly

Other (Please specify below)

If the report/electronic system was no longer available, would this create problems for you?
(Tick if it would)

Which of the reports would you like to see delivered electronically in the future?

n/a

10.

If the prescribing information was available 1 month after the the month of dispensing would this be:

Too soon

Just right

or Please specify your requirements in days

11.

What requirement, if any is there within your organisation for you to retain any of the reports/data you receive from the PPA

None

1 month

3 months

6 months

1 year

longer than 1 year

(please specify)

12. For each report/system, please state the items of information you find most useful:

PACT Catalogue

Quarterly PACT Standards

PACT Nursing Formulary

PACT Nursing Formulary Summary

Itemised Prescribing Payments (IPP)

Prescribing Monitoring (PMD)

Prescriber Dispenser (PD2)

Epact.net

Toolkit

Epact

13. Do you forward any of the reports (or part of it's content) to another user within or outside of your organisation:
Yes	No

If yes,
	is this:	Full		Extract
	is the user:	Part of	or	Outside of	your organisation

14. What would be your preferred method for receiving reports:
Email
Attachment to Email as Document e.g. Word, Spreadsheet
Interactive Interface via Web e.g. Epact.net
Analysis Tool via Web e.g. Toolkit
Paper
Other (please specify)

15. From where would you prefer to access your information (select all that apply ):
Office
Home
GP surgery
Other

16. Do you have IT support:

Yes

If yes, please supply:

Name
Role
Phone Number
Email address

17. Is there any information or format (e.g.graphical) not currently on the reports/system that you would find useful (please specify)

18. Is there anything that prevents you making best use of information from the PPA. (please specify)

19. Are there any other reports you receive from the PPA that we have not covered and wish us to consider (please specify)

Thank you for completing this questionnaire.

Following analysis of responses we may wish to contact you for further information , either by phone or in writing. Please advise whether you would be prepared to take part in any follow up:

Yes in writing

Yes by Email

Yes by phone