Pharmacists

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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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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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23 September 2008

E-prescribing round table report

The acute sector can learn from primary care when it comes to deploying e-prescribing, a round table discussion has concluded.
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17 September 2008

Doctors and pharmacists join smartcard critics

With its rollout coming closer, critics of the German smartcard project are once again becoming louder. Three regional political representative
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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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24 July 2008

NHS Direct wins award for prescription pilot

NHS Direct’s Evelina Children’s Hospital information prescription pilot project has been awarded the 2008 Ask About Medicines Award for ‘Excellence
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23 July 2008

New EPS clinical director appointed

Dr Manpreet Pujara, one of Connecting for Health’s national GP clinical leads, has been appointed as clinical director for the
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8 July 2008

Latest BNFC interfaces with NHS dm+d

The new online edition of the latest BNF for Children – BNFC 2008 – will include a new interface to
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24 June 2008

NLH to close clinical answers website

The National Library for Health (NLH) is to close its online clinical question and answer service this week despite protests
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