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Legal view: GPs must not direct patients to a particular pharmacy
I remember when my law firm got a state-of-the-art telex machine [for sending text] in 1986. Only a few months later, we got our first fax machine,...
30/03/2020 4
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Rowlands pharmacies revert to ‘manual systems’ as internet goes down
Rowlands first became aware of the broadband connectivity issue across some of its branches on Monday (November 18), after “changes to the BT lines...
20/11/2019 6
NHS Digital: National rollout follows a pilot across 64 GP practices in England last year
National rollout of schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs on EPS begins
GP practices in England using either the TPP SystmOne or Vision systems will be able to send all schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs electronically –...
05/03/2019 7
Xrayser: The FMD has left me with a £600 paperweight on my counter
Our wholesaler driver arrived smiling, usually a worrying sign. “I'm super speedy this afternoon,” he announced. “The personal digital assistant...
05/03/2019 17
NHS Digital: 64 GP practices can now send schedule 2 and 3 drugs via the EPS
Dispenser ‘issue’ delays national rollout of controlled drugs via EPS
Sixty four GP practices across England can now send schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs via the electronic prescription service (EPS), following a...
15/02/2019 13
All EMIS practices will issue paper FP10 prescriptions for pregabalin and gabapentin by February 15
Expect pregabalin and gabapentin EPS scripts as paper before April
The drugs – used to treat anxiety, nerve pain and epilepsy – will be placed in schedule 3 under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, but will be ...
12/02/2019 13
Previously patients could only take an electronic prescription to a nominated pharmacy
EPS pilot allowing dispensing from unnominated pharmacies to expand
A pilot of the electronic prescription service (EPS) Phase 4 has been rolled out in eight GP practices in Greater Manchester, Essex, south-east...
18/12/2018 6
Oral liquid methadone with a packaged dose endorsement will still require a paper prescription
Any pharmacy could now receive a CD script via EPS as pilot goes live
The pilot to enable GP practices to prescribe schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs through the electronic prescription service (EPS) went live on...
05/10/2018 8
Health secretary plans to scrap 'archaic' paper scripts this year
Regulations which currently “limit the circumstances in which electronic prescriptions can be issued” will be amended “later this year” as part of...
28/08/2018 20
Coroner: A missed EPS prescription could create a risk of future deaths
EPS must flag urgent prescriptions, says coroner after patient death
In her report into the death of 83-year-old Douglas Hodges, Heidi Connor, assistant coroner for Nottinghamshire, noted that Professor Hodges had been...
19/12/2017 25

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