{"id":6679,"date":"2023-12-13T10:49:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=6679"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:51:32","slug":"document-creation-how-to-create-a-clinic-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=6679","title":{"rendered":"How to create a document detailed guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How to create a document<\/h1>\n<div class=\"guideSection\" id=\"\">Scenario<\/div>\n<p>You want to create a new document or letter for a patient.<\/p>\n<div class=\"guideSection\" id=\"\">New letter window<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>With a patients record open, select <strong>Document Creation\u00a0<\/strong>in the blue menu.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The &#8216;New Letter&#8217; window opens. Ensure the correct <strong>patient details<\/strong> display at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure the <strong>Encounter<\/strong>, <strong>Department<\/strong> and <strong>Clinic<\/strong> is selected.<\/li>\n<li>Select the required <strong>Letter type.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Set the <strong>Primary Recipient.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Create<\/strong>. The document creation screen will open.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25701 \" src=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/newletter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/newletter.png 620w, https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/newletter-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"guideSection\" id=\"\">Document Creation Screen<\/div>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>After clicking Create, the<strong> letter template<\/strong> for the selected Letter Type will display.<\/li>\n<li>The<strong> pencil icon<\/strong> indicates free text areas. These areas can be typed or dictated into. Information can also be added using the Autotext or Data tabs.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=6631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recipients<\/a><\/strong> can be added or the primary recipient can be changed in the top left.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carefully check <\/strong>that the correct details are displayed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=6856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Details tab<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"warnSection\"><i class=\"fas fa-exclamation-circle\" style=\font-size:3rem\"><\/i>  It is very important that all information in the Details Tab is correct.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25694 \" src=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/documentcreation-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"564\" border=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/documentcreation-1.png 1564w, https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/documentcreation-1-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/documentcreation-1-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/documentcreation-1-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/documentcreation-1-1536x876.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>At the bottom right the following options will display. Select the appropriate option:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cancel<\/strong> &#8211; cancel document without saving it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Save as a Draft<\/strong> &#8211; will save into the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=5561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draft Documents List.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=5077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save and Finalise<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; this option will display if the logged in user is <strong>not<\/strong> selected in the <strong>Signing Clinician<\/strong> box. When this option is chosen this document will be added to the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=5764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Document Signing list<\/a><\/strong> of the selected Signing Clinician.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=6646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign and Send<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; this option will display if you are <strong>correctly logged in <\/strong>and you are selected as the <strong>Signing Clinician<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"warnSection\"><i class=\"fas fa-exclamation-circle\" style=\font-size:3rem\"><\/i>  After signing, the document needs to be released for print via the Document Store Print App.<\/p>\n<p>This is usually done by a sectary or admin support. If you have written your own letter,\u00a0 <u>you must let your clinical administrator know to ensure that it is sent for printing.<\/u><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to create a Clinic Letter in Document Creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1643,"parent":2047,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"detailed-guide.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6679","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-erecord","category-powerchart"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6679"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25702,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6679\/revisions\/25702"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}