Overview of Fred Dispense Menus

This topic describes each of the menu options in Fred Dispense.

To quickly access the menus in Fred Dispense, press the [ALT] key and then press the highlighted letter of the menu. For example, to access the Reports menu, press [ALT]+[R].

Fred Dispense Menu

Diary/Calendar. The calendar displays with today highlighted. Details entered on a particular date in calendar will display when Fred Dispense is opened on that date.

Dispense Menu

Shows general shortcuts related to dispensing and updating patient details.

The keyboard shortcuts are shown after the options listed on this menu and can be used from either the Wait screen or when dispensing.

Activities Menu

  • Pack labels Create free-text labels, for example for an extemporaneous cream made in the pharmacy. The label can be saved for future reprinting.
  • Drug Pricing View pricing details of any drug.
  • History Merge Use to:
    • merge one patient to another completely (and remove the patient merged ‘from’) or;
    • move a drug from one patient’s history to another.

    A full history merge cannot be undone by Fred Support.

  • Delivery Label Print an address label after selecting a patient.

  • History Notes Add a note or an intervention to a patient’s history.

  • Quick Script Scan View the most recently dispensed scripts. Press [F4] on the required script to be edit the script.
  • Drug Information Access CMI or patient information for a drug from the Wait screen when dispensing.

Reports Menu

Reports are grouped under different headings, e.g. Script, Drug Usage, Patient, Doctor and Nursing home.

All reports generated will display the Report Viewer screen to preview the report (without printing).

If you want to print the report, click the printer icon from the report viewer toolbar.

Lists Menu

  • Pharmacists Update, add or delete a pharmacist to allow dispensing.

  • Doctors Update, add or delete doctor details.

    The Doctor Code is a four letter code set by the pharmacist, which is normally the first three letters of the surname, then followed by the first initial.

  • Nursing Homes/Hospitals Update, add or delete Nursing Home/Hospital details.

  • Sig Details Update, add or delete SIG codes. Only User Sigs (Sigs added by the pharmacy) can be deleted. See also Create your own SIG codes.

  • Own Brand Drugs Update, add or delete your own Private drug file and items separate from the Main drug file. These items will then be available for dispensing privately but will not be affected by drug updates.

  • Suburbs and Postcodes Add commonly used suburbs and postcodes to the function keys ([F1] to [F12]) as shortcuts.

    The function keys can be used to select the suburb when adding new patients.

Setup Menu

  • NHS Fees Set NHS fees and rounding of NHS prices. These fees are set by monthly drug updates.
  • Private Fees Set Private fees, markups and rounding of prices.
  • Safety Net Limits The Safety Net Limits are set at the start of each year during the Fred Dispense update and should not be changed.
  • Wastage Table Set the table for wastage factor calculations (i.e. used when dispensing split packs). This is set by the Fred Dispense update and should not be changed.
  • Owner Details Set Name, Address and Approval No. These are normally set up at installation and should not be changed. These also allow the Main supplier to be designated and the default pharmacist’s initials.
  • Dispense Options Set dispensing options.
  • Label printer Set print options on dispense labels.
  • System Configuration Set specific printers to print labels, repeats and reports.

Help Menu

  • About Fred Dispense Display the version of Fred Dispense currently running.
  • View Newsletter View the monthly newsletter online.