Pharmacy

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22 December 2008

Eclipse is phased out

Torex, the owner of the Eclipse pharmacy system, has announced that it is to dicontinue the development of the product
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22 December 2008

NI completes barcode presciptions project

Northern Ireland has announced that it has successfully completed its 2D barcoded prescription project. The Electronic Prescribing and Eligibility System
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17 December 2008

Pharmacists get access to PDS for EPS R2

Community pharmacists are to be issued with new smartcards to give them access to the Personal Demographics Service. NHS Connecting
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8 December 2008

JAC wins South African pharmacy contract

Medicines management software specialist JAC has won a contract to provide the latest version of its pharmacy management software to hospitals
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25 November 2008

Patients divided on pharmacy records

Patient opinion is divided over whether pharmacists should have access to electronic records, with more than a quarter opposing such a
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18 November 2008

BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: the finalists

All the finalists in this year’s awards, along with a description of their projects.
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13 October 2008

Guidance aims to boost use of EPS release one

Pharmacy bodies and Connecting for Health have teamed up to issue new guidance for pharmacists on release one of the
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16 September 2008

First EPS release two site due next month

The first early adopter site for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service is expected to go live in the next
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19 August 2008

Half of Scottish prescriptions sent electronically

Over half of all NHS prescriptions issued in Scotland are now sent electronically, latest figures show. Since the start of
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18 August 2008

DH gives go-ahead for EPS Release 2

A regulatory impact assessment has given the green light to the next stage of the Electronic Prescriptions Service – one
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