GMSQP Reference Manual 

HG SCREEN

Understanding the Existing PCO Composition Screen 

Top Part of the Screen 

The top half of this screen allows users with FULL HG screen access rights to enter 

details of a new composition for the PCO. 

Start Date 

Enter the date from which the new practice composition for this PCO is to start.  This 

must be later than the Start Date for the previous practice composition (shown in the 

bottom half of the screen). 

Practice Codes 

Enter the National Practice Codes of 

all

 the practices that will be within this PCO with 

effect from the start date you have just entered.  Note that, even if you are only adding 

one practice to a PCO which already contains several practices, you must still enter the 

practice codes of 

all 

the practices who are remaining in the PCO as well as the new 

practice code.  Any practices whose codes are not entered will not be included in the 

new PCO composition. 

If the new Practice composition of the PCO is similar to the old composition, it may be 

quicker to  copy  the old Practice composition into the new Practice composition fields, 

and then to edit it by adding/deleting Practices as required.  The old Practice 

composition can be copied by entering an asterisk (`

*

') in the first Practice Code field, 

and then pressing 

.

A message  SPECIAL MESSAGE   PRACTICE CODE 

FIELDS COPIED   NOW AMEND AS NECESSARY  will be displayed on line 2 of 

the screen.  You can then amend the list of Practice codes by deleting the codes of any 

Practices that are no longer included in this PCO, and adding the codes of any new 

Practices that are to be included. 

Any practice codes that you add to the PCO must already be known to the system: in 

other words, they must have already been entered on the PC (Practice Maintenance) 

screen.  An index of known practice codes (already entered via the PC screen) can be 

viewed by entering a key of `PC' with a qualifier of `I'. 

Any practices whose codes are added to this PCO must not belong to any other PCO as 

of the Start Date you have specified.  A practice can 

only 

belong to 

one

 PCO at any one 

time. 

It is possible to  merge in  the complete make up of one or more other PCOs by 

entering all the Practice codes from within those PCOs.  This will also have the effect of 

 ending  the most recent configuration of those other PCOs, thus making them read 

only. 

Bottom Part of the Screen 

The bottom half of the Existing PCO Composition screen allows you to view and/or 

amend the current practice composition of the PCO, and the start date when that 

composition commenced.  Only users with FULL access rights to the HG screen can 

make changes to the PCO composition. 

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Version: 1.26 

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