🎃 October 2026 – EMIS Newsletter
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A message from our team
Hello!
Welcome to our October newsletter. We’re pleased to confirm that the rollout of our searches included in this month’s update is underway. This includes the highly anticipated MMRV Selective Catch-Up Campaign resources, you can find further details of the updates below. We also have two new Handy Protocols to highlight.
As a reminder, some Handy Protocols can be activated locally by practices, including our RSV alert. You can find the full list of optional Handy Protocols and instructions on how to activate them in our guide here.
Best wishes,
James (Customer Experience Manager)
Welcome to our October newsletter. We’re pleased to confirm that the rollout of our searches included in this month’s update is underway. This includes the highly anticipated MMRV Selective Catch-Up Campaign resources, you can find further details of the updates below. We also have two new Handy Protocols to highlight.
As a reminder, some Handy Protocols can be activated locally by practices, including our RSV alert. You can find the full list of optional Handy Protocols and instructions on how to activate them in our guide here.
Best wishes,
James (Customer Experience Manager)
Resource Releases & Updates
💉MMRV Selective Catch-Up Campaign
The national MMRV Selective Catch-Up Campaign starts on 1st November 2026 and runs to 31st March 2028. Searches to support this campaign are in the process of being rolled out to practices and will be in all sites by 1st November. The searches can be found in folder 015C – MMRV Selective Catch-Up 2026-2028. CQRS searches to support claims for the catch-up campaign have also been updated and can be found in 001J.
🔎 Levemir Search
A new search and report has been added to folder 009J to support practices in identifying patients still on Levemir.
Levemir products were discontinued and stock is expected to run out in November 2026.
📚 For more details, please see our support guide here.
Levemir products were discontinued and stock is expected to run out in November 2026.
📚 For more details, please see our support guide here.
🔵HP458 – Smoking Status History Alert
This is a NEW small optional Handy Protocol alert which will appear in the alert box for any patient with a record of never smoked with a history of current or ex smoker.
It will encourage the user to rectify errors in coding.
📚 For more details, see our support guide here.
It will encourage the user to rectify errors in coding.
📚 For more details, see our support guide here.
🔵 HP459 – Incorrect “Never Smoked” screen prompt
This is a NEW small base Handy Protocol/screen prompt which will appear in the middle of the screen if staff add ‘never smoked tobacco’ in the patient’s record and they have a history of current or ex smoker. It will encourage the user to rectify errors in coding.
📚 For more details, see our support guide here.
📚 For more details, see our support guide here.
🎥 Seasonal Vaccinations 2026-27 Webinar
Thank you to everyone who attended our recent Seasonal Vaccinations 2026/27 webinar!
This session covered using our EMIS Web resources to deliver an effective seasonal vaccination service. This included searches and reports, recall lists, eligibility checkers and our popular F12 clinic administration protocols. The team also spoke about changes to the RSV cohorts from 1st September 2026.
This session covered using our EMIS Web resources to deliver an effective seasonal vaccination service. This included searches and reports, recall lists, eligibility checkers and our popular F12 clinic administration protocols. The team also spoke about changes to the RSV cohorts from 1st September 2026.
📊 OneAnalytics Platform
Towards the end of 2025 we have launched our updated OneAnalytics portal! What’s new: A modern user interface with improved performance and usability, stronger Security though Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Local access management for faster updates and improved control. This has since been updated to reflect QOF/IIF progress for 2026/27.
For further details and support on using the platform, please see our Knowledge Base.
For further details and support on using the platform, please see our Knowledge Base.
🔍 October Search Rollout
Currently we’re rolling out changes to some of our folders, those folders are as follows:
🔵 001J CQRS: MMRV Vaccination
🔵 001Q CQRS: Seasonal Influenza
🔵 001R CQRS: Shingles Vaccination
🔵 009 MHRA, NPSA & CAS Alerts
🔵 015c Catch Up Campaigns (MMRV Selective Catch up)
🔵 016 Seasonal Influenza
🔵 001J CQRS: MMRV Vaccination
🔵 001Q CQRS: Seasonal Influenza
🔵 001R CQRS: Shingles Vaccination
🔵 009 MHRA, NPSA & CAS Alerts
🔵 015c Catch Up Campaigns (MMRV Selective Catch up)
🔵 016 Seasonal Influenza
FAQs, Training & more
Wanting to use our searches?
We have a full suite of searches available for practice use. You can find your current searches readily installed in your system by going to Population Reporting & opening the “! Primary Care IT” folder.
It’s important to note we go into practice systems and update these as frequently as possible. For further information on our searches, click here. See our guide to know the latest changes to our searches here.
Queries about CQC Navigator?
CQC inspection teams use a set of searches which have been designed to help them to understand how a Practice manages their patient population, and to identify clinical situations which should not be happening. To support with this, Primary Care IT has adapted these searches to help practices understand what might need to be addressed before a CQC inspector finds it.
We recommend checking our CQC Navigator FAQ guide here. If you have any questions after reading the article, please raise a ticket with us for support.
How do I raise a support ticket?
If you ever need to contact us for support, the best way to reach us is by creating a support ticket, you can do this here. These tickets are triaged internally and passed to the relevant member of our team to ensure your request or question is answered to the best of our ability. You can always chase the progress of your support tickets by calling our office (0333 344 3678) and providing your ticket reference number.
We have a full suite of searches available for practice use. You can find your current searches readily installed in your system by going to Population Reporting & opening the “! Primary Care IT” folder.
It’s important to note we go into practice systems and update these as frequently as possible. For further information on our searches, click here. See our guide to know the latest changes to our searches here.
Queries about CQC Navigator?
CQC inspection teams use a set of searches which have been designed to help them to understand how a Practice manages their patient population, and to identify clinical situations which should not be happening. To support with this, Primary Care IT has adapted these searches to help practices understand what might need to be addressed before a CQC inspector finds it.
We recommend checking our CQC Navigator FAQ guide here. If you have any questions after reading the article, please raise a ticket with us for support.
How do I raise a support ticket?
If you ever need to contact us for support, the best way to reach us is by creating a support ticket, you can do this here. These tickets are triaged internally and passed to the relevant member of our team to ensure your request or question is answered to the best of our ability. You can always chase the progress of your support tickets by calling our office (0333 344 3678) and providing your ticket reference number.