NOVA Latest Release - What's New? :

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W/C: 27-07-2026

Enhancements

Category

Summary

5002

Reporting

Two new transaction reports have been added:

Sales by Supplier & Brand
Sales by Supplier & Brand (detailed)

5320

Business Intelligence

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5798

Stock / Lenses

New lens catalogue import/export feature: Lens catalogues can now be exported and shared with suppliers for pricing on behalf of customers. Completed files can be re-imported to quickly and accurately update lens pricing in NOVA.

6338

eGOS

The eGOS claim forms have been updated to include two new fields in the Performers Declaration section:

Assisted by trainee
Student GOC number (required when assisted by trainee is set to 'Yes')

6393

Staff Tasks

Task Groups have been introduced to make it easier to organise and filter staff tasks. Each group can be assigned a colour, allowing tasks to be quickly identified within the task list.

New Task Groups can be created from Settings > Staff and can be assigned to tasks when they are added to NOVA.

The Tasks page now includes a group filter, enabling users to display tasks belonging to specific groups.

6398

eGOS

Following user feedback, the default Evidence Seen value for newly created GOS claims has been changed to Not Seen. This update ensures new claims are created with the most commonly used default setting, helping to streamline the claim creation process.

6401

Patient Records

The GOS2 print button within the Examination Table on the Patient page is now configurable, allowing different reports to be printed or emailed depending on whether the patient is NHS or Private.

Separate report templates and button text can be assigned for each patient type, ensuring the appropriate document is automatically generated and delivered when the print function is used.

Configuration can be managed within the relevant branch settings. If the Template - NHS field is left blank, the standard GOS2 report will be used, maintaining the existing default behaviour.

6405

Appointments

The Online Alias is now used as the appointment description within the ICS calendar file sent to patients, ensuring appointment entries display a clear and user-friendly description when added to their calendar.

6412

Online Booking

Additional formatting has been applied to online booking request submissions to improve the consistency and presentation of customer information.

Names and addresses are now automatically formatted using the correct letter case, improving readability and reducing the need for manual corrections.
Email addresses are automatically converted to lowercase to ensure consistency and help prevent issues caused by case-sensitive processing.

These enhancements help deliver cleaner, more accurately formatted booking information throughout the system.

Fixes

#	Category	Summary
6407	Dispense	Addresses an issue where newly added dispense reasons where not appearing in the dispense screen.
6408	eGOS	Addresses an issue where the GOS1 claim amount wasn't being included in the csv export file.
6409	Recalls	Addresses an issue where dismissing recalls could make the page unresponsive.
6418	Transactions	Addresses an issue with credits not working when only one item is credited.