EPS underspend due to slower rollout
Funding to pay pharmacists for using the electronic prescriptions service was underspent by more than 50% in the last financial year, pharmacy representatives have revealed. Only £22m out of the £58m allocated for EPS allowances by the Department of Health was spent in 2005-6 but the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) is confident the money […]
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PCTs register a third of pharmacists for smartcards
Around one in three community pharmacists have been registered to use a smartcard to use the electronic prescription service (EPS) according to Connecting for Health but pharmacy representatives and businesses are continuing to raise concerns about the speed of rollout. Connecting for Health has published its first figures on the registration of pharmacists for smartcards […]
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ePEX accredited for Choose and Book
Ascribe has announced that it has achieved Choose and Book accreditation for its ePEX patient administration system, which is installed in 25% of PCTs in the UK. The ePEX PAS has been designed with primary and community care in mind, with modules that support mental health, learning disabilities, child health and elderly services. The Choose […]
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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 first set of guidance for pharmacists on the electronic prescription service (EPS). The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee says it is “strongly advising” pharmacists to contact their PCT to find out what the local arrangements will […]
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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 a Department of Health (DH) drive for rapid adoption of the service. John Bacon, the DH’s Group Director of Health and Social Care Delivery, and the senior responsible officer for the National Programme for IT, […]
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Seven pharmacy systems accredited for R1 ETP
Seven out of 11 pharmacy systems have attained technical accreditation for release one of electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) according to Connecting for Health (CfH). However technical accreditation does not equate to compliance which will only be achieved once a system has been successfully tested at an initial implementer site. CfH this week posted details […]
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ETP potential
EHI talks to Tim Donohoe, group director at Connecting for Health, about the development of the national electronic prescribing service.
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AAH launches ‘onestopshop’ ETP solution
AAH Pharmaceuticals has announced the launch of its ‘onestopshop’ Electronic Prescription Service solution, an all-inclusive solution based on its LinkEvolution system and building on experience gained from initial ETP implementations. According to AAH the new solution is both user friendly and meets the required criteria for NHS Connecting for Health’s (CfH) ETP release one. So […]
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ETP should be fully operational by end of 2007
Electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) will be deployed over two releases and should be fully operational by the end of 2007, according to Connecting for Health’s newly published implementation strategy. The first release will involve paper and electronic systems working side by side and will be extended from the initial implementation sites to cover practices […]
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Accreditation for e-prescription service software
Pharmacy software specialist, Systems Solutions, has received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health to transmit prescriptions electronically through N3, the NHS network. Systems Solutions’ announced that its flagship patient medication record (PMR) system, QicSCRIPT, which is currently live in over 1,200 Boots stores, was awarded the “Technical Authority to Deploy” certificate this week. It successfully […]
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