Pharmacy

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3 February 2006

EPS pilot to restart after early glitch

One of England’s first electronic prescription service (EPS) pilots has been shut down for more than a month because of
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24 January 2006

Enfield PCT selects EMIS for super surgery

A North London primary care trust (PCT) has awarded primary care systems supplier EMIS a contract to supply the PCS system for a
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19 January 2006

Pharmacists to get access to EPS but not CRS

Pharmacists are to be registered for access to the NHS spine to enable electronic transmission of prescriptions but will be
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16 January 2006

Warning on patient data from medicines reviews

Pharmacists are being warned not to e-mail medicines use reviews to GPs until concerns over confidentiality have been addressed. The
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3 January 2006

Pharmacists urged to contact PCTs on smart cards

Pharmacy representatives are telling pharmacists to contact their primary care trusts over smartcard availability as Connecting for Health publishes its
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16 December 2005

Pharmacists call for GP booking facility

  Pharmacy representatives are calling for a ‘Choose and Book’ style system to be set up between pharmacies and GP
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8 December 2005

N3 connections needed say community pharmacists

Lack of access to smartcards and the N3 network by community pharmacists is jeopardising the roll out of the electronic
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6 December 2005

Scottish pharmacists receive extra IT funding

Pharmacists in Scotland are to receive £500 in the latest round of IT funding to prepare for the launch of
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29 November 2005

GPs urged to accept ETP software

GPs are to be asked to accept software for electronic transmission of prescriptions as soon as possible as part of
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29 November 2005

NHS domain block causing bounced patient e-mail

E-mails to nhs.uk addresses from patients may be being blocked due to the inclusion of nhs.uk on a site used
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