Pharmacy

13 July 2007

Encouraging results from 2D barcoded scripts in Wales

A community pharmacy and GP practice in west Wales are testing the use of 2D barcoded prescriptions for use in

3 July 2007

MPs call for pharmacists to have access to CRS

Pharmacists in primary and secondary care must be given read-write access to the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS), according to

25 June 2007

First EPS release two trusts announced

Five primary care trusts will go live with release two of the Electronic Prescription Service from October, NHS Connecting for

12 June 2007

Data payments announced for Scottish pharmacists

Community pharmacists in Scotland are to receive payments for ensuring the data quality of their patient records ahead of the

30 May 2007

New deal to deploy data mining tool

Quicksilva Software Solutions has secured a deal with life sciences specialists Applied InSilico to deploy their artificial intelligence-based data mining

22 May 2007

Independent pharmacists urged to upgrade for EPS

Connecting for Health is urging individual pharmacists to upgrade their systems for release one of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)

22 May 2007

Careful and cautious progress on Electronic Prescriptions

Tim Donohoe, the head of the NHS Electronic Prescriptions Service programme, tells Fiona Barr why progress will remain 'careful and

21 May 2007

Government backs pharmacist access to EPR

The government has backed plans for pharmacists to be allowed access to electronic patient records but says the public will

11 April 2007

Voicemails prompt patients to pick up medicine

A message system that enables pharmacists to leave an automatically-generated voicemail for patients whose prescriptions are ready for collection is to be offered

10 April 2007