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2026.04 - Release Pending

Enhancements

#	Category	Summary
4423	Stock	Stock transfers between branches has been improved, the following changes have been made: New 'Stock Transfers' menu option has been added: Items being transferred into and out of a branch can be viewed. A 'Delivery List' can be printed to accompany items being transferred. Items can be accepted or cancelled. Stock qty is only updated once a transfer has been confirmed or cancelled. The stock movement record now includes the branch name. Zebra labels can be easily printed for recently transferred & confirmed items
4965	Examinations	Recall dates must now be in the future, previously a recall date could be in the past.
5784 5785	Recall Categories Exam Types	Inactive 'Recall Categories' and 'Exam Types' are now hidden by default, in Settings-Recall-Recall Categories / Settings-Exams-Exam Types A toggle has been added to allow inactive records to be displayed.
6157	Stock	When searching, using the 'Description, code, model, barcode...' field, a half second wait has been added the search happening as you type.
6179	eGOS	Multiple GOS4 claims can be created per patient.
6185 6221	Data Mining	Data mining search options for 'Dispense' have changed: Filter by 'Confirmed', 'Unconfirmed' or 'All' dispenses Dispense type can be further filtered by the 'Dispense Reason'
6214	Templates	New merge-fields have been added: [[patient.firstname_initial]] Example: 'C' [[patient.fullname_firstname_initial]] Example: 'Mr C Smith'
6218	Patient Record	Notes, added to the examination record, can now be viewed from the exam table on the patient record. Hover over the note icon to reveal the notes.
6219	Dashboards	Improvements have been made to the appointments dashboard. The following information is now available: Appointments Booked % Appointments by Reason Attendance / FTA Source (offline / online) Exam Created (with / without an exam added on appt. date) Appointments Booked With (breakdown by staff & reason) Appointments Booked By (breakdown by staff & reason) Appointment Reasons Table Return Reasons Table Online Referrals Table
6220	Patient Record	Hovering over the loyalty plan name displays the plan details.
6222	Transactions	An alternative payment allocation method, when paying off multiple receipts on a patient account, has been added: Oldest First (default / existing option) Payments are allocated based on receipt date so that oldest balances are paid off first, Even Split Payments are allocated evenly between all receipts with an outstanding balance.
6225	Examinations	The examination record is automatically saved before the IOP or Axial Length graphs are displayed to ensure the latest figures are included.
6227	Examinations	The medication table can now be sorted alphabetically (A-Z / Z - A) by clicking the medication column header.
6235	Schemes	The option to take an 'Over the Counter Payment' has been re-enabled.
6251	Examinations	The browser tab description has been updated to include the exam type, making it clearer to the user which tab contain which examination record.