How to Issue a Prescription for Collection or Delivery

Learn how to create and issue a new prescription for a patient. This guide covers adding new patients, applying templates, and managing prescription items for both collection and delivery.

Log into your Signature Rx Portal

Click "Prescriptions"

Click "Add New Prescription"

Here you can select an existing patient

Alternatively, You can "Add a New Patient"

Fill out the patient details

Now you're ready to prescribe for your patient

Click "Add New" to add a medication to your prescription

Begin to type the medicine name, as you type you will see a dropdown box of relevant options

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Select the medicine you wish to prescribe, including the correct dosage and formulation

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Type in your dosage instructions

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Type in the quantity you wish to prescribe

In the quantity field you can enter numbers and words as required.
For example you may want to write number of devices (for example: 1 inhaler)

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To add more items to your prescription click "Add new" and fill out the respective fields of your new item

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All your prescribed items will therefore be shown on the same form

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Alternatively, you can load a pre-prepared template

This feature is very useful for specific treatment plans that include a number of medicines

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Click this text field to add any Prescription Notes for the Pharmacy

How to Issue a Prescription (Collection or Delivery)

Overview

This article explains how to create and issue a new prescription in SignatureRx, including adding patients and medication items, and choosing between pharmacy collection or home delivery.

Who does this apply to?

Prescribers issuing prescriptions on SignatureRx.

Key points

Prescriptions can be issued for an existing patient or a newly added one.
Multiple medication items and pre-prepared templates can be added to the same prescription.
Before signing, you must choose Collection (patient collects from a pharmacy) or Delivery (via Signature Pharmacy).

1. How do I start a new prescription?

Answer: From the Prescriptions tab, click "Add New Prescription".

Log into your SignatureRx portal; click "Prescriptions"; click "Add New Prescription"; select an existing patient or add a new one and fill out their details.

2. How do I add medication items?

Answer: Click "Add New" and fill in the medicine details.

Type the medicine name and select it from the dropdown, including dosage and formulation
Enter dosage instructions and quantity (numbers and words can both be used, e.g. "1 inhaler")
Click "Add New" again to add further items to the same prescription
Alternatively, load a pre-prepared template for common treatment plans
Add any Prescription Notes for the pharmacy in the notes field

3. How do I choose Collection or Delivery and issue the prescription?

Answer: Select the issue type, then sign with your secure PIN.

Choose "Collection" (the patient collects from any pharmacy nationwide) or "Delivery" (sent via Signature Pharmacy). Enter your 6-digit secure PIN and click "Sign & Issue" to complete the prescription.

Source links:
https://help.signaturerx.co.uk/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-issue-a-prescription-for-collection-or-delivery
https://help.signaturerx.co.uk/portal/en/kb/articles/issuing-your-first-e-prescription-collection-vs-delivery