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Other NHS staff and implementers
Find guidance about the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), along with resources related to switching on and implementing the service.
Guidance for prescribers, dispensers and patients
Find EPS guidance for prescribers.
Find EPS guidance for dispensers.
If you're a patient, you can find out more about electronic prescriptions on the NHS.UK website.
Switching on EPS
To switch EPS on, contact your local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) who can advise you on the steps to go-live.
Increasing utilisation of EPS and Electronic Repeat Dispensing
Read our utilisation toolkit.
View our Electronic Repeat dispensing toolkit.
Live service status information
View live service status information for national services, including EPS.
Last edited: 11 July 2019 11:10 am