Pharmacist

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3 February 2006

EPS pilot to restart after early glitch

One of England’s first electronic prescription service (EPS) pilots has been shut down for more than a month because of
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19 January 2006

Pharmacists to get access to EPS but not CRS

Pharmacists are to be registered for access to the NHS spine to enable electronic transmission of prescriptions but will be
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3 January 2006

Pharmacists urged to contact PCTs on smart cards

Pharmacy representatives are telling pharmacists to contact their primary care trusts over smartcard availability as Connecting for Health publishes its
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3 January 2006

Physio and OT telephone-based services win awards

Two telephone based systems for physiotherapy and occupational therapy have been selected as winners in the 2005 NHS health and
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16 December 2005

Pharmacists call for GP booking facility

  Pharmacy representatives are calling for a ‘Choose and Book’ style system to be set up between pharmacies and GP
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8 December 2005

N3 connections needed say community pharmacists

Lack of access to smartcards and the N3 network by community pharmacists is jeopardising the roll out of the electronic
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15 November 2005

ETP potential

EHI talks to Tim Donohoe, group director at Connecting for Health, about the development of the national electronic prescribing service.
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27 October 2005

Bavaria launches patient-controlled health records

The German Patient-Partner Association (PPV), a health provider network, and the German statutory health insurance organisation AOK Bavaria are to
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29 June 2005

Electronic medication reminders help elderly

  PCTs in Staffordshire have started piloting a scheme where elderly people are reminded to take their medication with an
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16 May 2005

Data quality vital to electronic transfer of prescriptions

Keighley, the first pilot site for electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP), has found that before new national systems can be
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