Notify of a Drug-Dependent Person

It is important to search for a patient before beginning your notification. This gives you the opportunity to review the patient’s history of high risk medicine use, consider any alerts or warnings, and confirm the patient’s permit history.

It can also save you time, as you will not need to type in the patient’s details into the form.

If you are unable to find a record for the patient, you can create a notification from the My Items screen. See Notify of a Drug-Dependent Person without a Record in SafeScript

If your patient has monitored medicine history, review their prescribing and dispensing records and any alerts, to help inform your clinical decisions.

See Patient Profile and Medication History.

If the patient has any permits, or other information from the Department of Health, the Permits button is visible. If this button is not visible, then skip to the next step.

Select Permits.

The patient's regulatory profile is displayed. Review the information including any current or previous permits, then continue to the next step.

Once you have reviewed the patient’s information, you can begin your notification.

Select New Notification > Drug Dependent Notification.

If you don't see the New Notification button, you may need to scroll down.

The New Notification button displays on the right side of the screen.
For patients with permits or other information from the Department of Health, the New Notification button displays partway down the page, above the Patient Permits section.
For patients without permits or other information from the Department of Health, the New Notification button displays near the top right of the page.

After you select New Notification > Drug Dependent Notification, the Getting Started screen of the notification of drug-dependent person is displayed.

Read the information under Who should complete this form?

To move to the next screen, click Continue. Or, to abandon your notification, click Discard.

On this screen you will review the prescriber and patient details and provide some additional information.

Some fields are editable and some are read-only. Fields marked with an asterisk * are mandatory and must be completed before you can more to the next screen.

1. Select your Qualification from the drop-down list.

2. Review Prescriber address. If you need to change it, click and select a different address from the drop-down list. Alternatively, select Add new address and use the Address Lookup to search for and select the address, then Save.

3. Click Edit Contact Details, if required, to add or make changes to your contact details.

4. Review the Patient Details to confirm the correct person is selected.

   Review Patient address. If you need to change it, click and select a different address from the drop-down list. Alternatively, select Add new address and use the Address Lookup to search for and select the address, then Save.

5. To move to the next screen, click Continue. Alternatively, you can click:

   • Save to save your notification as a draft, then Close to exit the notification.

   • Discard to abandon your notification and delete any saved draft.

     The Continue button will only become available when you have completed all of the mandatory fields on this screen.

Under Notification Details, select the relevant checkboxes indicating the basis for your belief that the patient is a drug-dependent person. You can also add free text under Other grounds for suspicion.

Under Further Notification Details, answer the questions. If you answer Yes to some of the questions, you will be prompted to provide additional information.

To move to the next screen, click Continue. Alternatively, you can click:

• Save to save your notification as a draft, then Close to exit the notification.

• Discard to abandon your notification and delete any saved draft.

  The Continue button will only become available when you have completed all of the mandatory fields on this screen.

The final step of the notification is the Summary & Declaration screen. Review all details to ensure they are correct. If required, you can use the Back button in your browser or the tabs at the top of the notification to go back and make any necessary corrections.

If relevant, you can enter text in the Additional Comments box.

1. From the navigation menu, select Items.

2. Under My Items, make sure that Notifications is selected.

3. Select New Notification > Drug Dependent Notification.

The New Notification button is on the right side of the screen above the table of Notifications.

After you select New Notification > Drug Dependent Notification, the Getting Started screen of the notification of drug-dependent person is displayed.

Read the information under Who should complete this form?

To move to the next screen, click Continue. Or, to abandon your notification, click Discard.

1. Under Patient Details, click the Add Patient button.

   The Patient Search popup displays, enabling you to search for the patient, if you have not already done so.

   

2. Click Add New Patient.

   The Add New Patient popup displays.

   

3. Enter the First name and Family name of the patient.

4. Select the Gender.

5. Enter the Date of birth.

6. Under address, use the Address Lookup to search for and select an address.

7. Click Save.

On this screen you will review the prescriber and patient details and provide some additional information.

Some fields are editable and some are read-only. Fields marked with an asterisk * are mandatory and must be completed before you can more to the next screen.

1. Select your Qualification from the drop-down list.

2. Review Prescriber address. If you need to change it, click and select a different address from the drop-down list. Alternatively, select Add new address and use the Address Lookup to search for and select the address, then Save.

3. Click Edit Contact Details, if required, to add or make changes to your contact details.

4. Review the Patient Details to confirm the correct person is selected.

   Review Patient address. If you need to change it, click and select a different address from the drop-down list. Alternatively, select Add new address and use the Address Lookup to search for and select the address, then Save.

5. To move to the next screen, click Continue. Alternatively, you can click:

   • Save to save your notification as a draft, then Close to exit the notification.

   • Discard to abandon your notification and delete any saved draft.

     The Continue button will only become available when you have completed all of the mandatory fields on this screen.

Under Notification Details, select the relevant checkboxes indicating the basis for your belief that the patient is a drug-dependent person. You can also add free text under Other grounds for suspicion.

Under Further Notification Details, answer the questions. If you answer Yes to some of the questions, you will be prompted to provide additional information.

To move to the next screen, click Continue. Alternatively, you can click:

• Save to save your notification as a draft, then Close to exit the notification.

• Discard to abandon your notification and delete any saved draft.

  The Continue button will only become available when you have completed all of the mandatory fields on this screen.

The final step of the notification is the Summary & Declaration screen. Review all details to ensure they are correct. If required, you can use the Back button in your browser or the tabs at the top of the notification to go back and make any necessary corrections.

If relevant, you can enter text in the Additional Comments box.