We are pleased to advise that deep linking capability, enabling users to directly download individual mobile toolkits, has now been released on the RDS mobile app. When you install the update, you will see that each toolkit has a small QR code icon the header area beside the search icon – see screenshot below. Clicking on this icon will open up a window with a full-size QR code and the alternative of a short URL for sharing with users. Instructions are provided.
You may need to actively install the update to install RDS app version 4.7.1 to see this improvement. Installing this update is also strongly recommended to get the full benefits of the new contingency arrangements – specifically, that if the RDS website should fail, you will still be able to download new mobile app toolkits.
To check your current RDS version, click on the three dots bottom right of the RDS app screen. This takes you to a “More” page where you will see the version number. To install latest updates:
On iPhones – go to the Apple store, click on your profile icon top right, scroll down to see the apps waiting to be updated and update the RDS app.
On Android phones – these can vary, but try going to the Google Play store, click on your profile icon top right, click on “Manage apps and device”, select and update the RDS app.
Please get in touch with ann.wales3@nhs.scot with any questions.
13/06/23 - Estradiol with levonorgestrel patches (Femseven® Sequi) estradiol 50 micrograms/24 hours patches plus estradiol 50 micrograms, levonorgestrel 10 micrograms/24 hours patches removed (discontinued)
Gel (Oestrogel® Pump-Pack 0.06%) 750 microgram/actuation
Apply 1.5mg once daily continuously, increased if necessary up to 3 mg after 1 month continuously, to be applied over a large area, to be used with cyclical progestogen for at least 12 days of each cycle in women with a uterus. If switching from cyclical HRT, start at end of regimen; otherwise start at any time.
Patches (Evorel® Sequi) estradiol 50 micrograms/24 hours patches plus estradiol 50 micrograms, norethisterone 170 micrograms/24 hours patches
1 estradiol-only patch to be applied twice weekly for 2 weeks followed by 1 estradiol/ norethisterone patch twice weekly for 2 weeks; subsequent courses are repeated without interval.
Patches Femseven® Sequi patches are discontinued at present see: British Menopause Society update on HRT supply for suggested alternatives.
TAM (Treatments and Medicines) NHS Highland