For All Qualified Nurses & Doctors 

To book onto EPMA training please email training@imerseyside.nhs.uk

For Local, Secure & Specialist LD and Community Divisions Students & HCA'S

Student nurses must book onto EPMA training. Please email training@imerseyside.nhs.uk

HCA's must complete both parts of the Witness to Medicines Administration competency

For Mid-Mersey Division Students & HCA's

Student nurses and Health Care Assistants receive training via cascade and receive ‘witnessing’ permission on EPMA.  Please contact the EPMA Team via email to request an account. 

For Medicines Managment Team 

Speak to the EPMA Team for role-specific MMT EPMA Training. 

For Non-Clinical Users (Read-Only Access)

Contact the relevant EPMA Team via email. 

For EPMA password reset requests please contact the IT Helpdesk on 0151 289 7777

For other issues relating to EPMA accounts, login, permissions or any other query please contact: 

epma_pharmacy_team@merseycare.nhs.uk (for Local & Secure Division)

or nwbh.epma@merseycare.nhs.uk (for Mid-Mersey Division)  

Please note these inboxes are only monitored during normal working hours.  If your request is urgent call the IT Helpdesk in the first instance. 

For Mid-Mersey Division 

Complete the New Drug Addition to EPMA form.  If you are struggling to complete the form or have any questions regarding the EPMA formulary please contact your ward or locality pharmacist. 

https://forms.office.com/r/yky8SgN29r

Note: Before submitting your request don't forget to use the Drug Finder to see if the item already exists on EPMA. 

For Local, Secure, Specialst & LD Divsions

Please contact your ward or locality pharmacist or email EPMA_Pharmacy_Team@merseycare.nhs.uk

If staff with existing EPMA access require a change to their EPMA permissions the team leader must complete the following form.

Application to change role based EPMA permissions

https://forms.office.com/r/FCkcbwm232

• For example a student nurse with EPMA account who has recently qualified and is now requesting full permissions as a qualified nurse practitioner on EPMA. 

Please complete all details requested on the form so that we can process the request in a timely manner. 

The EPMA Team will endeavour to complete all requests with 48 hours of submission.  

The Trust currently has two separate instances of EPMA.  Please ensure you familiarise yourself with the subtle differences between the two systems, especially if you are covering both Mid-Mersey Division and Local, Secure and Specialst & LD Divisions. 

EPMA Differences (Local vs Mid-Mersey) v2.pdf

As part of the wider Trust alignment project, the EPMA Teams are working hard to merge the systems into a single instance of EPMA.  This work is estimated for completion within the next 12 months.