Electronic Prescription Service
Who can go live with EPS
The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is now available within more primary and community care settings.
Services who would like to enable EPS should check to see if your care setting is within scope.
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About EPS
EPS allows prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a dispenser (such as a pharmacy) of the patient's choice. This makes the prescribing and dispensing process more efficient and convenient for patients and staff.
The benefits
The benefits of EPS are that:
- prescribers can process prescriptions more efficiently and spend less time dealing with prescription queries
- dispensers can reduce use of paper, have improved stock control, and provide a more efficient service to patients
- patients can collect repeat prescriptions from a pharmacy without visiting their GP, and won't have a paper prescription to lose
Find out about the benefits of EPS for prescribers and dispensers.
If you're a patient, you can find more about electronic prescriptions on the NHS.UK website.
EPS benefits estimator
The data used to develop the EPS benefits estimator was collected when EPS prescriptions were generated by prescribers in GP practices only. EPS is now used in additional care settings, such as integrated urgent care.
Because the processes for generating and dispensing integrated urgent care prescriptions can be different, the EPS benefits estimator is no longer available as a direct resource on our website.
Please contact your local NHS Digital implementation and business change team to understand the benefits for your care settings - epsimplementation@nhs.net
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Contact details
Electronic Prescription Service
Email: enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk
Further information
The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) Prescription Tracker allows staff working at prescribing and dispensing sites to check the status of a prescription.
The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) Phase 4 enables EPS to become the default for prescribing, dispensing and reimbursement of prescriptions in primary care in England
Advice for dispensing doctors that use the EMIS Web prescribing system.
The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) allows prescribers in integrated urgent care settings to send electronic prescriptions to community pharmacies, removing the need for paper prescriptions.
Download the latest statistics, GP planned go-lives and more
Find guidance about the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), along with resources related to switching on and implementing the service.
Details of the outcome of an independent review of the costs, systems and usage of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in community pharmacy, which was conducted by PwC are now available.
Access a toolkit developed by NHS Digital to help local Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) leads plan and deliver EPS Utilisation Workshops in your area.
We're responsible for recording data related to the deployment of systems and services across health and social care systems in England. You'll find links to management information dashboards containing this data.
Find out about the pilot for prescribing Schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs using the Electronic Prescription Service, and what this means for prescribers and dispensers.
NHS Digital has been working with pharmaceutical dispensing system suppliers to make their Electronic Prescription Service more transparent and allow contractors to make informed decisions.
For developers integrating with the electronic prescription service, there are a number of resources which may be of use.
We've published a range of developer guides and materials for the Electronic Prescription Service, including information on apps, identifiers, APIs and service integration.
Why and how we process your data in the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), and your rights.
Why and how we process your data in the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Medicines Data, and your rights.
Guidance for EPS prescribing organisations when using remote consultations, via the phone, video link or online.
Last edited: 25 March 2021 11:22 am