Electronic prescribing

First 14 independent prescribing pathfinder sites have gone live, says NHS England

Wasim Baqir, senior pharmacist at NHS England's pharmacy integration fund, said funding had been confirmed for the Independent Prescribing Pathfinder Programme to be delivered this year.…

Half of all trusts could be using electronic prescription service by 2026, says NHS England

NHS England’s clinical lead for digital medicines said it would be working with at least eight system suppliers to provide the service.…

Minor ailments prescribing service to be offered by more than 90 community pharmacies

Hypertension is the second most common prescribing service and will be offered at 73 independent prescribing pathfinder sites.…

More than 2,500 items dispensed since electronic prescribing went live in Wales

The items were dispensed at a test site in north Wales, with assurance of the systems used expected in mid-March 2024…

Increase in patient nominations for distance-selling pharmacies slows drastically

Exclusive: The increase in the number of patients nominating a distance-selling pharmacy slowed to 4% over the past two years, down from almost 100% in the previous two years.…

Electronic prescribing system for pharmacy pathfinder programme should be ready from spring 2024, says IT provider

Exclusive: The Independent Prescribing Pathfinder programme has been further delayed, with the scheme originally planned to begin in January 2023.…

Patient organisations call for simplified e-prescribing in homecare medicines services

Homecare providers currently develop their own digital solutions to manage patient records, prompting a group to ask the government for “a more urgent focus on shifting to e-prescribing”.…

Patients can now use NHS App to collect prescriptions from any community pharmacy

The updated NHS App will also allow patients to view their prescriptions and see when they have been issued, NHS England said.…

Electronic patient records being used in 90% of hospital trusts, says NHS England

In England, 189 hospital trusts are using electronic patient records, meeting the government's target for 90% of trusts to be using electronic health records by December 2023.…

First electronic prescription dispensed in Wales 

The electronic prescribing service will be rolled out across Wales from January 2024.…