Add an Alert to a Navigator website

This tutorial will show you how to add an Alert to your GPsurgery.net Navigator website. You can move through the tutorial at your own pace using the Next button.

  1. 1. Ensure that you are logged into your website. The black admin toolbar will be visible at the top of the screen.

    Homescreen of a Navigator website with the admin toolbar showing at the top of the screen
  2. 2. Hover your mouse over +New in the admin toolbar, and select Alert from the drop-down that appears.

    The +New menu with Alert highlighted
  3. 3. You are now in the Add New Alert section of the dashboard. Add a simple title to explain briefly to your patients the nature of the alert.

    The title box with "Unplanned closure 17/1/24 - flooding" typed
  4. 4. In the Description box, add further relevant information.

    NOTE: do not add large blocks of clinical information. Instead, use the boxes below to link to relevant external sources like the NHS website, where necessary.

    The description box with "The practice is closed today due to flooding etc." typed
  5. 5. If you would like to add a link, use the Primary website link box to add the URL for the site you want to link to.

    The Primary website link box with "https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/services-near-you/" typed.
  6. 6. Use the Primary website link text box to add meaningful link text, which explains to your patients where the link will take them.

    The Primary website link text box with "Find an alternative service near you on the NHS website." typed
  7. 7. When you are happy with the content of your alert, select the blue Publish button in the Publish box.

    The Publish button in the Publish box.
  8. 8. Your Alert will now be published under the Important messages heading on your Home page.

    A Navigator website Home page with an Alert showing.
  9. 9. When patients select the Alert, they will be able to read the details you wrote in the Description box.

    The Alert in full.