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The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has launched a Digital healthcare learning gateway, designed to help pharmacy teams build the confidence and skills needed for today’s rapidly evolving digital NHS. The learning gateway covers key areas such as clinical informatics, health data, electronic patient records, cyber security and digital decision support tools. It aligns [...]

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NHS England has announced that the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) has been fully extended to Detained Estate healthcare services in England The staggered rollout has allowed prescribers working in prisons to issue EPS ‘To Take Out’ (TTO) and critical prescriptions electronically to community pharmacies, thereby removing the need for paper FP10 forms. Most people are [...]

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The Government is advising community pharmacy owners to take action to prepare for the upcoming national switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which is due to be fully decommissioned by January 2027. In a letter to the sector, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Health and Social Care has outlined [...]

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The National Patient Prescription Tracking Service (NPPTS) enables patients to access and track their prescriptions online through the NHS App or their NHS account (by logging in on the NHS website). NPPTS is a feature of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) that utilises a combination of Spine and Pharmacy IT supplier systems’ information to provide item and [...]

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NHS England previously announced the launch of a new community pharmacy Point of Care (PoC) IT Supplier Contractual Framework, which will allow pharmacy owners to choose which PoC system they use to make their clinical records for the Flu and COVID-19 vaccination services during the Autumn/Winter 2025/26 campaign. IT suppliers listed on the new framework will be assured by NHS [...]

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