Prescribing & Medicines Management
Issue no 5, p1-4
September/October 2003

Electronic transmission of prescriptions put on hold Government plans to introduce national electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) in England have hit a set back after an independent evaluation of the three pilots testing the system...more

Hard for pharmacists without PCT support to become prescribers Pharmacists with a portfolio career who want to train as supplementary prescribers will have to persuade university course organisers that they have a genuine professional need to take on the new role...more

Clinical management plans need clarification for supplementary prescribing The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen held the first residential period of its supplementary prescribing course at the university at the end of September and one of the areas of concern was how clinical management plans would work in practice...more

Applications invited for second wave of repeat dispensing pilots Pharmacists interested in establishing a repeat dispensing service now have the chance to become involved in the next wave of repeat dispensing pathfinder pilots to be launched in February 2004...more

Service from prescribing centre A new service was launched at the end of September by the National Prescribing Centre (NPC) to provide a range of targeted packages...more