EGOS PSCE Changes And Happy New Year
1 February 2024
Happy New Year to you. We wish you, your teams, and your families a successful and peaceful 2024.
Our usual newsletters will resume soon but in the meantime we wanted to remind you of the changes to eGOS since 1st January.
PCSE have issued guidance on the changes, “Update on regulatory changes”, which can be found HERE. We would particularly draw your attention to the “Business Continuity Guidance” which explains the procedure to be used if eGOS cannot be created or submitted, for example if the PCSE portal is down or there are issues with internet connectivity. There is a link to this within the page above, and we repeat the link HERE for your convenience.
The patient declaration form they mention in the “Business Continuity Guidance” can also be found at their link, HERE.
Contact details for PCSE can be found HERE, should you have any queries.
Kind regards
Hertfordshire LOC
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