A decision on the way forward for electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) is expected within a few weeks. The three ETP pilots ended on 30 June, a spokesman for the Department of Health told The journal. The pilots were originally scheduled to finish at the end of 2002 but in January this year the DoH announced that they could continue for another six months. However, one pilot, run by the Flexiscript consortia, stopped in April (pJ, 19 April, p 535).
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