Guideline Library

The Guidelines below are available to download and use in your Vision system. Most of the files are in self-extracting compressed zip format. Click on the guideline you want, then choose to open the file. Once the file has downloaded, you will be prompted to unzip it. The file will extract into ....... by default.

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Guideline Notes
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ePCS guideline for Scotland Here is a guideline for the Electronic Palliative Care Summary Scheme (ePCS) in Scotland. It standardises data entry and is structured so that the sections are the same as the Out of Hours summary extract. The Guideline is designed to be used instead of the existing Palliative Care screen. Please see here for supporting documentation. Download Guideline


nGMS Contract 2009-10

Guidelines to support the v14, v15 and v16 Business Rules. You are strongly advised to remove all previous versions of this Guideline, as per the User Guide.

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Pandemic Influenza (H1N1)

Following requests from a number of practices INPS have written a small guideline that pulls together the leaflets and websites where you can find useful information about Swine Flu, Influenza A(H1N1).

*** Amended to match the criteria required for Returns, saves to O:\Download\Audits\Pandemic. Please delete all previous versions.  21/10/2009 ***

*** Further entries included for Scottish Flu extract requirements. This extracts to o:\download\Guidelines\SwineFlu4. Please delete all previous versions before importing.  25/08/2009 ***

*** Now amended to include all codes required for the Scottish Flu extract. Also contains the DOH flu assessment tool. 14/07/2009 ***

*** Amended with extra codes for Scotland 11/06/2009, saves to o:\download\Guidelines\SwineFlu2 ***

The guideline will allow you to record the patient’s travel history, examination, swabs taken and a confirmed diagnosis.

An audit will be released to accompany this guideline shortly.

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Immunisation and CHS for Greenwich PCT (updated 01/06/2009) Written by INPS to match criteria from Greenwich PCT. Updated 01/06/2009 with extra lines and instuctions for CHIS bag. Download Guideline
South East Wales Cardiac Network
(20/11/2008)

The South East Wales Cardiac Network (SEWCN) have, with some technical help from INPS, produced a referral guideline and print out report in order for practices to ensure that they have the correct data for each patient who is being referred.

The User Guide available here contains instructions on the use of the guideline and the suggested Read Codes which have been used, these are in line with the Cardiac Disease National Service Framework for Wales published in September 2008. Further guidance can be found on the SEWCN website at http://www.sewcn.wales.nhs.uk

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Scottish DES (29/1/2007) This is the Scottish DES guideline (Amended 29/01/07) to help enter data for CVD Risk patients, patients who are carers and those with learning disabilities. If you downloaded and imported this guideline after 7th April, there is no change and so no need for you to download again.
The Clinical Audits for this guideline are available on here [link to Clinical Audits>Scottish Audits>Directed Enhanced Services –CVD Risk> in Clinical Audit Downloads]		 Download Guideline
Mark Levy's Asthma Vision Guidelines (12/2/2003) Mark Levy FRCGP was one of the six GPs who formed the General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG) in 1987; he is currently editor for the GPIAG. He has written this asthma guideline/template with two main aims:
  • to assist primary care health professionals in managing patients with asthma
  • to promote consistent use of respiratory Read codes
The guideline has been designed, based on his clinical experience of managing asthma in primary care, in a way that flows logically in clinical practice. An index links to three sections:
  • Diagnosis
  • Monitoring
  • Acute asthma
All three draw on information from the new BTS SIGN Guidelines. Strong emphasis is placed upon accurate diagnosis - for many patients in the UK are managed with asthma medication without ever being diagnosed.
The file contains an introductory document plus four guidelines as follows:
  • ML_intro.doc
  • ASTHMAML Index file
  • ASTHMAD1 Asthma Diagnosis
  • ASTHMAM1 Asthma Monitoring
  • ASTHMAA1 Ashtma Acute
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District Nurse Data Entry (23/05/2000) Donated by Dr Mark Davies, Hebden Bridge Group Practice, Valley Medical Centre, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks. The district nursing staff were actively involved in compiling this guideline. Download Guideline
Med3 (10/11/2000) Generation of Med3 sick-notes Download Guideline
New Registration (10/11/2000) New Registration Download Guideline
Health Visitor (10/11/2000) Data Entry for attached HealthVisitor staff Download Guideline
Locum (10/11/2000) A simple data entry guideline to be used by infrequent or inexperienced Vision users.

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