Electronic transfer of prescriptions is progressing,says Lindsay McClure,head of information services at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.She says that the initial implementer sites that have gone live are giving NHS Connecting for Health the opportunity to study the impact that electronic prescriptions have on prescribing and dispensing processes so that changes can be made to the model where necessary before ETP is rolled out nationally.National roll out of ETP is still expected to start over the summer.
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