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Online pharmacy faces tech problems

The UK’s biggest online pharmacy, Pharmacy2U, has left patients without essential medication for weeks as it struggles with technical problems
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Pharmacists given access to SCR

Community pharmacists are to be given access to the NHS Summary Care Record, the Health and Social Care Information Centre
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A third of GPs live with EPS R2

A third of GP practices in England are now live with the Electronic Prescription Service Release 2, the Health and
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Emis reports “organic growth”

Emis Group says its acquisition of Ascribe has made “positive contributions” to the company’s bottom line, as it prepares to
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Imperial concerned with reliance on XP

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is moving to a single IT pharmacy system “as soon as possible” after its reliance
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Norfolk live with e-prescribing

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out e-prescribing on two wards in a phased deployment which will cover
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Lloyds to offer smart pill service

Smart pills containing a microchip that can monitor a patient’s medication and condition will be sold in Lloyds pharmacies by
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Scots pharmacists look for ECS access

Community pharmacists in Scotland are hopeful that they will be able to access the Emergency Care Summary following the Scottish
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Pharmacy access to SCR suspended

The Department of Health has suspended a pilot scheme to test community pharmacy access to the Summary Care Record.
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EMIS and RX Systems plan integration

Healthcare IT system supplier EMIS has announced plans to integrate its primary care software with the pharmacy software supplied by
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