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How to Change a Clinician's Name in Anima

There are two ways to change a clinician's name, depending on whether you're updating your own details or someone else's.

Changing your own name

  1. Open User Settings from the app navigation.

  2. Go to Personal details.

  3. Update your First name and Surname.

  4. Click Save changes.

This updates how your name appears throughout Anima, including in assignments and activity logs.

Changing another clinician's name (admin only)

If you're an admin with the right permissions, you can update another clinician's name on their behalf:

  1. Go to Organisation settings → Availability and assignment.

  2. Find the clinician in the team list.

  3. Click the pencil icon next to their name to open Manage user.

  4. Update their First name and Surname in the modal.

  5. Click Save.

The clinician will automatically receive an email letting them know their details have been updated.

Note: This option is only available to admins, and isn't available on the public/demo environment.

Important: this doesn't change your EHR name

Updating a name here changes how it displays within Anima only — it does not update the clinician's name in EMIS or SystmOne.

The EHR username field in User Settings is a separate setting, used specifically for saving to the record. Changing your Anima display name will not affect this, and changing your EHR username will not affect how your name appears in Anima.

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