The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7229 p878
21/28 December 2002

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No free broadband

There is to be no free broadband internet access for pharmacies in the foreseeable future. David Lammy, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for pharmacy, has told Parliament that there are "no specific plans to provide broadband connectivity to pharmacies".

Answering a question posed by the secretary of the All-Party Pharmacy Group Mark Todd, Mr Lammy said that the need for pharmacy broadband access will be reviewed as the NHS IT strategy develops. Apart from that, it was restricted to pharmacies taking part in electronic prescription transfer pilots.