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24 November 2017

Industry news in brief

This month's industry nibs features NHS academy launching a leadership training programme for community pharmacists.
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24 May 2013

GPs and pharmacists connect

GPs and pharmacists are communicating directly with each other in a London pilot using Emis and Rx Systems software.
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27 January 2010

Pharmacists given tight IG deadlines

Community pharmacists in England have been given until the end of March to assess their compliance with NHS Connecting for
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18 December 2009

Scotland’s CMS to go national in April

Scotland has published a framework for its Chronic Medication Service which it plans roll-out nationally in April 2010.
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19 November 2009

UnitedHealth buys ScriptSwitch for £50m

ScriptSwitch, the provider of drug comparison software to doctors’ surgeries, has been acquired by UnitedHealth UK, for a reported sum
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14 July 2009

Scotland delivers e-prescription service

Scotland has announced that it has become the first country in the UK to deliver an electronic prescription service, with
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24 April 2009

Guidance on EPS R2 released

NHS Connecting for Health has published detailed guidance on release two of the Electronic Prescription Service. The 70 page document
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19 March 2009

IT vital to pharmacy progress

Use of the NHS Care Records Service by community pharmacists will be an essential part of the reform agenda for
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24 December 2008

Further ETP progress in Scotland

Four out of five GPs and community pharmacists are now enabled for the electronic transfer of prescriptions in Scotland, according
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8 December 2008

DH publishes EPS release two statutory directions

The Department of Health has published statutory directions for release two of the Electronic Prescription Service, which it hopes will
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