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 the whole trust.
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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 September.
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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 general election.
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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 Rx Systems.
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Co-op pharmacy first on EPS R2
The Co-operative Pharmacy has announced it is the first pharmacy group to deliver Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service across all of its branches in England, as they become available.
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PSNC launches PharmaBase
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has launched a web based platform to help simplify record-keeping, claim payment from primary care trusts and build an evidence base for the sector.
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MPs set out out pharmacy manifesto
A group of MPs is calling for pharmacists to be given read-write access to the NHS Care Records Service by the next government within its first 100 days in power. The All-Party Pharmacy Group (APPG) has launched a Policy Action Plan setting out 12 calls for actions that the MPs say the next government should […]
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EMIS LV repeat service from Pharmacy2U
Pharmacy2U has launched an online repeat requesting service for pharmacists and patients in a partnership with GP software supplier EMIS. The MedsRequest software has been designed to enable pharmacists or patients to request a repeat prescription from practices using EMIS LV. The system works once practices have enabled EMIS’s free Medicines Manager module. The pharmacy […]
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Merseyside chooses JAC for e-prescribing
The North Mersey Health Informatics Service has selected JAC to provide an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system to more than three million patients across Merseyside.
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