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‘Pandemic of tragedy’: how the availability of drugs online led to the death of a 24-year-old

A father recounts how the death of his son Jason Houghton could have been prevented with tighter controls around the availability of drugs online.…

Published: 20 March 2023

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Nearly 1 billion e-prescriptions issued over past year

NHS England data show that the number of e-prescriptions issued in England has almost doubled in the past five years.…

Published: 13 February 2023

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First electronic prescriptions in Wales to be sent from GPs to pharmacies by autumn 2023

Eluned Morgan, minister for health and social services, said that NHS Wales was working with community pharmacy IT system providers to encourage them to minimise the use of paper.…

Published: 9 January 2023

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New ten-year vision for pharmacy says pharmacists will play important role in use of genomic data

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the King's Fund developed the vision with input from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and patients.…

Published: 14 December 2022

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Direct referral to pharmacies among goals of updated plan for Welsh pharmacy

The updated version of 'Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales' includes goals for pharmacists to be able to access and update patient records and embedding a genomic medicine plan into pharmacy practice.…

Published: 27 October 2022

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More than half of community pharmacies face IT outages lasting more than an hour, finds survey

The survey of 250 community pharmacy team members revealed that 56.5% had experienced electronic prescription service or patient medication record systems failing for more than one hour.…

Published: 21 October 2022

Feature

Missed opportunities: the patients falling through the cracks after discharge

With more than a quarter of trusts in England yet to implement the NHS Discharge Medicines Service, high-risk patients could be missing out on lifesaving help from their community pharmacist.…

Published: 20 October 2022

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Electronic prescribing system cuts dispensing errors by almost half in one trust

Exclusive: As a result of implementing an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system, East London NHS Foundation Trust reduced dispensing errors by 45% and saved more than £900,000 per year.…

Published: 28 September 2022

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‘Competing priorities’: why is the rollout of e-prescribing taking so long?

The rollout of electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems is taking twice as long as expected in some areas, raising concerns that the resulting ‘hybrid’ systems are creating additional risks to patient safety.…

Published: 28 September 2022

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RPS Wales asks for views on 2025 strategy

The Society has put out a set of draft goals for 2025 for consultation.…

Published: 25 August 2022