Pharmacy

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12 August 2005

Decision on Boots ETP software due soon

Boots, the retail pharmacy chain, hopes to hear soon whether it has reached the criteria needed to obtain a certificate
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26 July 2005

Software for Scottish minor ailments service launched

Software to support the first phase of Scotland’s e-pharmacy plans has begun to be used by a pharmacy to run
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15 July 2005

Bradford gets UK’s first iSOFT pharmacy solution

Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the first implementation of iSOFT’s i.Pharmacy software in the UK, a move that
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12 July 2005

Pharmacy system accredited for ETP

A patient medication record software for pharmacies, eclipsePMR, has successfully completed testing for electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) and will begin
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12 July 2005

GP systems market shake-out predicted by Granger

The numbers of GP system suppliers and local pharmacies could be reduced within five years as the NHS IT programme transforms
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31 May 2005

Croydon becomes second ETP site

A pharmacy in south London and a primary care outreach centre for refugees have jointly become the second site to
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23 May 2005

Pharmacists advised not to sign ETP agreements

Pharmacists are being advised not to sign agreements for electronic transmission of prescription (ETP) enabled systems until guidance on compliance
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14 March 2005

MPs call for block on ETP ‘nomination’ plans

A cross-party group of MPs has backed calls for prescribers to be prevented from nominating pharmacies when electronic transmission of
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8 March 2005

NPfIT defends its ETP plans

The National Programme for IT has defended its plans for electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) which it says will enhance
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1 March 2005

MPs told ETP plans may jeopardise patient choice

Pharmacist representatives have told MPs that plans to allow GPs and other prescribers to nominate a patient’s pharmacy for electronic
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