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Opinion

How we introduced electronic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rushika Patel explains how one of the UK's largest hospitals managed risk and rapidly changing clinical guidance to implement an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system.…

Published: 17 January 2022

News

Extra £2.5m for pharmacies in Wales to improve access to minor ailments service

Each pharmacy that offers the Choose Pharmacy service will be allocated up to £3,500 in funding.…

Published: 11 January 2022

Opinion

Hear it here first: a year of the PJ Pod

During our first full year of The PJ Pod, we explored a range of topics including mental health in the face of COVID-19, hidden disabilities in pharmacy and a closer look at the diversity of the MPharm degree.…

Published: 30 December 2021

News

NHS to publish blueprint for shared care records by end of 2021

The guidance will provide the next step towards the target for wider implementation of shared care records in 2023/2024.…

Published: 24 September 2021

News

Full electronic prescribing within five years, Welsh government pledges

The Welsh government aims to replace paper prescriptions and 'wet' signatures in primary care with electronic prescriptions and signatures in the next three to five years.…

Published: 21 September 2021

News

Hospitals expected to begin testing electronic prescribing systems from autumn 2021

Exclusive: The electronic prescription service, which was piloted in June and July 2020, will allow hospital outpatient prescriptions to be sent electronically to a nominated community pharmacy.…

Published: 28 July 2021

Letter

How we are using the discharge medicines service to help patients on high-risk medicines

The views expressed in this letter are those of the author’s. If you would like to submit a letter to The Pharmaceutical Journal, please click here. The new discharge medicines service (DMS), introduced in England in February 2021, has the potential to deliver important patient safety benefi…

Published: 27 July 2021

Feature

‘My knowledge is vital in making decisions’ – a day in the life of a clinical systems analyst

Junior Ahazie, a senior clinical systems analyst specialising in cancer at University College London Hospitals, has found a role that combines his pharmacy training with his “geekiness for technology”.…

Published: 7 June 2021

News

Sore throat testing and contraception monitoring services under development for pharmacies in England

Exclusive: The services have been added to the updated data standards for community pharmacy, which will allow pharmacy staff to digitally update GP records with advice given or medication prescribed.…

Published: 28 May 2021

News

More than 75% of pharmacies can digitally check patients’ eligibility for free NHS prescriptions

The 'Real Time Exemption Checking' scheme allows pharmacies to check if patients are exempt from prescription charges.…

Published: 26 May 2021