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15 May 2006

Pharmacists told no deadline for EPS

Pharmacy representatives have told pharmacists that there is no deadline to implement the electronic prescription service (EPS) in fresh advice
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20 April 2006

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)
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16 January 2006

Warning on patient data from medicines reviews

Pharmacists are being warned not to e-mail medicines use reviews to GPs until concerns over confidentiality have been addressed. The
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3 January 2006

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
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8 December 2005

N3 connections needed say community pharmacists

Lack of access to smartcards and the N3 network by community pharmacists is jeopardising the roll out of the electronic
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28 November 2005

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
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23 May 2005

Pharmacists advised not to sign ETP agreements

Pharmacists are being advised not to sign agreements for electronic transmission of prescription (ETP) enabled systems until guidance on compliance
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14 March 2005

MPs call for block on ETP ‘nomination’ plans

A cross-party group of MPs has backed calls for prescribers to be prevented from nominating pharmacies when electronic transmission of
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1 March 2005

MPs told ETP plans may jeopardise patient choice

Pharmacist representatives have told MPs that plans to allow GPs and other prescribers to nominate a patient’s pharmacy for electronic
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