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The PPR | Hospital view – Standard service

The PPR

The Standard service

As well as the features in the Basic service, by subscribing to the Standard service you’ll have access to the following additional information and features:

  • Full practitioner profile information:
    • Personal profile, including contact details
    • NHS practice information:
      • Name of hospital/practice
      • Start date
      • Job title
      • Personal reference
    • Private practice information:
      • Name of all hospital(s)/practice(s)
      • Start date(s)
      • Type of care provided
      • Patients treated
      • Practice hours
    • Scope of practice information
    • Fitness to practise information
      • Certifications
      • Disclosure and Barring Service certification       
      • Dates of last and next appraisal
    • Specialties and qualifications, including sub-specialties
    • Medical secretary details
    • Publications
    • Bank details
    • Medical indemnity insurance certification
    • Insurer recognition status
  • Ability to download the profile
  • Push notifications of changes made to profiles
  • Ability to view the changes made to a profile, with dates
  • Push notifications of GMC warnings
  • Ability to create and view notes about the practitioner

Download a profile

  • Look for a practitioner – the steps on Looking for a practitioner are in the guide about the Basic service
  • Highlight the chosen practitioner – their details will appear in the right-hand viewing pane
  • If they have a PPR profile the option to Download Profile PDF will be available in the top right-hand side of the screen
  • Click this and save where required
  • To get back to the landing page click Advanced Search in the top right of the screen, then Clear Search

Notification of profile changes

When changes have been made to a profile you’re sent an email giving you the following information:

  • The practitioner’s name and SP number
  • A list of fields that have been updated
  • The date the changes were made

To see exactly what’s been changed see Viewing profile changes.

Viewing profile changes

  • Look for a practitioner – the steps on Looking for a practitioner are in the guide about the Basic service
  • Highlight the chosen practitioner – their details will appear in the right-hand viewing pane
  • If they have a PPR profile the option to View Changes will be available in the top right-hand side of the screen
  • Click this to identify
    • the fields that have been changed
    • both the old and new values in that field
    • the date the change was made
  • Once reviewed you can click Clear Changes to clear the list
  • To get back to the landing page click Advanced Search in the top right of the screen, then Clear Search

Notification of GMC warnings

We hold a republishing licence with the GMC and get a feed, Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays), of the List of Registered Medical Practitioners. If the GMC make a change to the List because a Fitness to Practise warning has been issued, you’ll be sent an email alerting you to this. A flag will also be shown on the landing page, see Alerts for more information.

Create notes

  • Look for a practitioner – the steps on Looking for a practitioner are in the guide about the Basic service
  • Highlight the chosen practitioner – their details will appear in the right-hand viewing pane
  • Click Add Note on the right of the viewing pane and add your note in the box – you’ve got up to 1,000 characters
  • Click Save when done
  • The note will appear in a box under Notes History with the date and time you added it
  • To get back to the landing page click Advanced Search in the top right of the screen, then Clear Search

View notes

  • Look for a practitioner – the steps on Looking for a practitioner are in the guide about the Basic service
  • Highlight the chosen practitioner – their details will appear in the right-hand viewing pane
  • Notes will appear under Notes History – you can use the navigation button to the right of Add Note if there are a lot of them
  • Hover over the required note box and the full text will appear in a tooltip
  • Click the box and a new screen will open giving you:
    • The full list of notes
    • The date each one was added
    • The name of the person who added it
  • Click OK to close it
  • To get back to the landing page click Advanced Search in the top right of the screen, then Clear Search

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