EPS prompts differing views

摘要

Conflicting views on the electronic prescription service were voiced at the conference.Michael Holden (Hampshire and Isle of Wight) was concerned at a lack of funding for pharmacies to buy the equipment needed to use EPS, while GPs were fully funded by the NHS. All Isle of Wight GP surgeries used the same system, while pharmacies were using nine different systems that were in different stages of development. Some pharmacies were having to spend five times their NHS IT allowance on new systems. Too many unknowns meant that pharmacy could not move ahead with EPS.