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.…
A prescribing service for England’s pharmacies: everything you need to know After months of discussions, an NHS prescribing service for community pharmacies in England may finally be in sight for a select few ‘pathfinders’. Here is what we know so far about the long-awaited programme.…
How to identify red-flag symptoms and refer patients appropriately Pharmacy teams must understand how to help patients who are experiencing red-flag symptoms through providing appropriate advice and escalation.…
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.…
Chancellor promises electronic patient records for all NHS trusts by March 2026 In the spring 2024 Budget, the government said it will spend £3.4bn on boosting productivity in the NHS, including £2bn on updating IT systems.…
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.…
