An “Amazon-style” prescription tracking feature has been rolled out in the NHS App, with the aim of helping to reduce unnecessary calls and visits to pharmacies.
NHS England announced on 23 May 2025 that nearly…
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is piloting the CLEO SOLO electronic prescribing solution (EPS) in its children’s services.
The two-year pilot is planned to launch in March 2025 in community paediatrics and the ADHD…
Community pharmacy chain Well Pharmacy has signed up for access to the Greater Manchester (GM) Care Record to allow its pharmacists to provide safer and more effective services for patients across the region.
The GM…
The electronic prescription service (EPS) is now available at some GP practices and community pharmacies in every health board in Wales following go lives in Cwm Taf Morgannwg, Swansea Bay and Hywel Dda University…
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New patient safety guidance from NHS England says that primary care’s IT systems should include clinical decision making support and automatically flag patient safety issues.
The ‘Primary care patient safety strategy’, published by NHSE on…
PharmacyX has been announced as the latest healthcare technology supplier to help deliver an electronic prescription service (EPS) in Wales.
The introduction of EPS allows GPs and other prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a…
NHS England has signed a contract with CLEO Systems for a stand-alone electronic prescribing solution, to be rolled out across pharmacies participating in the Independent Prescribing in Community Pharmacy Pathfinder Programme.
The aim of the…
Pharmacy system supplier Invatech has been given the green light to roll out its technology across Wales following the completion of successful live testing at a site in the north of the country.Invatech, which…
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ASX-listed MedAdvisor has been chosen to deliver the technology supporting the first Australian pilot of community pharmacists expanding their scope of practice, including being able to prescribe medicines, as part of efforts to improve…
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Standardising community pharmacy information so it can be shared digitally should reduce the burden on GPs and lead to safer, more personalised care, writes Stephen Goundrey-Smith Community pharmacists are some of the most skilled…
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