Electronic prescribing comes of age

18 years ago the first electronic prescription was sent – find out how EPS is helping the frontline.

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Consultation launched on sharing data from private healthcare providers with NHS

People are being invited to share their views on recommendations that NHS England should collect and process information on healthcare activity carried out at private hospitals.

Events to help shape future of IT systems at the heart of the NHS

IT professionals across health and social care are being invited to have their say over future plans for the IT systems that underpin the NHS

Nearly one billion items dispensed by the Electronic Prescription Service in 2021-22

Electronic prescriptions reach one billion a year

The Electronic Prescription Service is now the default method for prescribing and dispensing prescriptions in primary care in England, with almost one billion prescription items dispensed electronically in the last 12 months.

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Electronic prescribing comes of age

The Electronic Prescription Service has transformed primary care prescribing in England. Christine Hague looks back at 18 years of the service and asks what's next.

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Precision-guided public health

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Electronic prescribing comes of age

Latest news

Consultation launched on sharing data from private healthcare providers with NHS

Events to help shape future of IT systems at the heart of the NHS

Electronic prescriptions reach one billion a year

Latest blogs

Our API Developer Community is growing

What does the future NHS Spine look like?

Using content types to transform the NHS website

Latest features

Electronic prescribing comes of age

Precision-guided public health

Breaking NHS boundaries

Supplementary information requests

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