Pharmacy

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18 August 2009

NHS Number exemptions expected

Community pharmacists and other groups of NHS workers will be made exempt from the national requirement to use the NHS
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10 June 2009

Hope: first EPS R2 site this summer

The first early adopter site for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service is expected to begin this summer, according
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9 June 2009

Our website could do so much more

GP Dr Neil Paul sees the potential for his practice website to be a one stop shop for patients' health
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6 May 2009

Pharmacists want to offer biometric ID

Community pharmacists are lobbying to take part in the government’s national identity card scheme by offering a biometric identity service.
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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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17 April 2009

New logo identifies safe online pharmacy

One in four GPs have treated patients for adverse reactions to medicines bought online, according to a survey. The poll
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6 April 2009

Doctors call for Google to change ad policies

Doctors are calling on internet search engine Google to change its advertising policies to prevent links to unproven remedies appearing
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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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16 March 2009

Helix Health links up with Quicksilva

Irish health IT system supplier Helix Health has announced that it has linked up with Quicksilva to achieve compliance with
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3 March 2009

Scottish e-prescription claims hit 60 per cent

More than 60% of payment claims for acute prescriptions in Scotland will be made electronically by May, according to the
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