Latest Release News
Below, in date order, is a list of various updates and fixes.
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Tuesday 5 August 2025
- Placement data is received from ISCP each month. A new menu item has been added on the client admin website called “Import ISCP Data” which allows the eLogbook to be automatically updated.
 - Fix so that when creating a report filter that includes date periods, date is interpreted correctly.
 - Fix for incorrect redirect on training programme maintenance page.
 - Fix for Oral surgery SAC report error.
 - Deleted operations now included in the operation hierarchy report.
 
Tuesday 8 July 2025
- When a medical student graduates and receives a GMC number, they can now update their eLogbook account using the ‘Graduate’ button in ‘My Details.
and no longer need to contact the helpdesk. - Overseas users moving to the UK can edit user details to ensure their training history is displayed.
 - Users are no longer required to log in to be able to contact the helpdesk.
 - Core trainees can now add and edit a CCT date.
 - Specialty leads have been removed from role verification emails.
 
Tuesday 15 April 2025
- eLogbook messaging functionality removed in line with online harms bill.
 - The eLogbook registration process has been amended so that dental students can now register their account against a dental school rather than medical school.
 - Unused or out of date training programmes can now be made ‘obsolete’ so that it is not available for users to select.
 - Numerous eLogbook reports have been made available for core surgery.
 - Hospital reports have been removed – this feature may be reinstated once the eLogbook hospital lists have been reworked.
 - Regional reports have been removed as they are redundant.
 
Wednesday 19 February 2025
- 'Reset password' link added to login page 2
 - Logbook consultants that appear in a user's 'My common consultants' list and are attached to saved operations can now be deleted. Note that this change does not apply to non-logbook consultants.
 - Validation of NTN / DRN number is now date sensitive.
 - After an operation record is opened and closed in ‘Browse operations’, the user is returned to the page it was opened from, rather than back to page 1.
 - Bug fixes on trainer appraisal report & SAC operation reference report.
 - Bug fix to ensure director training list displays in full.
 
Tuesday 27 August 2024
- Oral Surgery added as a specialty.
 - Changes to field labels on 'My Details' page.
 - 'Responsible consultant unknown' option removed from 'Add Operation'.
 - Obsolete operations removed from user favourites list.
 - Validation added to operation description maintenance.
 - CCT date for validating trainer changed from 01/01/2020 to 01/01/1980.
 - 'Ind#' heading on the SAC consolidation report has been replaced with '1st Surg.'
 - (F1) and (F2) have been removed from foundation grade - 'Foundation' now covers both.
 - Bug causing error when downloading Peer Analysis Report for Ophthalmology and Maxillofacial surgery fixed.
 
Tuesday 14 May 2024
- Amendments to ‘Trainer by Procedure’ report.
 - Collapsible Sidebar.
 - Date field added to Validation worksheet.
 - CCT Date on Director Training Programme user list editable.
 - ‘Robotic Surgery’ filter added to the SAC operation group.
 - ‘Add operation’ page now auto scrolls back to the top of the screen when the save button is 
selected. - On ‘Add Operation’ page, ‘Patient Date of Birth’ field now displays as ‘dd-mm-yyyy’ rather 
than today’s date. - Colours used to represent personal values on the Peer Analysis Report have been changed to 
green. - Bug fix for download error on SAC Extended Report.
 - Bug fix for some saved filters not displaying on Consolidation Reports page for some users.
 - Bug fix to ensure ‘Operation Date’ and ‘Patient Date of Birth’ may not be in the future.
 
Monday 18 March 2024
- Improved password generator and email update.
 - Operation Part Frequency Report.
 - ‘Operation parts’ added as a filter to the Report Filters page.
 - Show/hide Consultant column added to Consultant list.
 - Option to remove validation status from validation worksheet.
 - Password reset using email address.
 - New specialty specific fields for cardiothoracic surgery.
 - Staff or Associate Specialist operation validation.
 - Enhanced permissions for grade ‘Dentist’.
 - Peer Analysis Report.
 - Fix so that when a filter is updated, user does not need to leave the page after hitting save 
button. - Search function updated so that users with ‘/’ in their username appear in results.
 - ‘Verified grade’ updated to ‘Confirmed grade’ in My Details page.
 
Tuesday 13 February 2024
- Wording change and tooltip added to registration page.
 - Reorder of help request forms.
 - Robotic surgery filter.
 - SAS grade included in consultant search.
 - Editing and deletion of validated operations.
 - Changes to user role confirmation.
 
Supporting documents: TPD Guide - Confirming users in your training programme

Wednesday 24 May 2023
- The operation count on the summary page of the operation group report has been fixed so that correctly reflects the user's operation.
 - When adding a new operation, the site will now prepopulate the consultant with current user.
 - Robotic Surgery wording has been updated from RoboticSurgery to Robotic Surgery.
 - You can now apply multiple date periods on your Filters.
 - You can now apply filters to the browse operations page.
 - Current specialty on the user details page has been hidden from non-core specialty users.
 - We have fixed an issue affecting validation of user operations on the My Trainees page.
 
Tuesday 25 April 2023
- When adding an operation, you can now also add non logbook user as a consultant.
 - When adding an operation, when you search for a cons, the cons is now saved.
 - Operations can now be filtered for Non-Logbook user consultants.
 - You can now reset your pin.
 - An issue where users who had forward slashes in their username received an error when trying to validate has been fixed.
 - An issue in relation to the number of criteria in a filter has been fixed.
 - Changes to the column layout in the SAC report.
 
Monday 17 April 2023
- Trainer reports for TPDs and procedure by trainer reports added.
 - SAC report for general surgery now displays column for assisted.
 - SAC report groups with age limits now display.
 - Date ordering in browse operations now displaying correctly.
 - Consultants now displaying correctly when editing an operation.
 - Favourites now display in alphabetical order.
 - Operation date and consultant are now carried forward to the next operation.
 - When adding a Paediatric operation, Gestation is no longer a required field.
 
