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24 PCTs to be added to the EPS Authorisation Directions 
The Department of Health has confirmed that the following 24 PCTs will be listed in The Primary Medical Services (Electronic Prescription Service Authorisation) Directions 2008 as amended (the ‘EPS Authorisation Directions’) as those able to authorise their primary medical services contractors or any practice established by the PCT to use Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service, from 1 February 2011, following a three month notice period. This will bring the total number of authorised PCTs to 51, from 1 February 2011.
- Brighton and Hove City Teaching PCT
- Doncaster PCT
- East Lancashire Teaching PCT
- East Riding of Yorkshire PCT
- East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT
- Greenwich Teaching PCT
- Hastings and Rother PCT
- Hertfordshire PCT
- Newcastle PCT
- NHS Bradford and Airedale
- NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent
- NHS Hammersmith and Fulham
- NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale
- NHS Kensington and Chelsea
- NHS Lambeth
- NHS Lincolnshire
- NHS Westminster
- Northamptonshire Teaching PCT
- Northumberland Care Trust
- North Tyneside PCT
- Rotherham PCT
- Wakefield District PCT
- Warrington PCT
- Worcestershire PCT
More Information
Link to the Directions (the Directions can also be found in Part XVIIID of the Drug Tariff which will be updated in due course)
Guidance on the deployment of EPS Release 2
Status of Pharmacy Systems
Pharmacy system suppliers are making good progress in developing EPS Release 2 functionality.
Cegedim Pharmacy Manager is the first pharmacy system to receive authority to deploy beyond Initial Implementer sites. A limit of 200 pharmacy sites has been set. AAH (Proscript Link), RxSystems (Proscript) and the Lloyds Pharmacy System are currently in Initial Implementation. Cegedim’s Nexphase, Helix Health’s QicScript and Positive Solutions Ltd’s Analyst system are expected to begin Initial Implementation before the end of the 2010. Confirmation is still awaited on the expected date for the Pharmasys system to enter Initial Implementation.
The latest information on the status of each supplier can be found on the Connecting for Health website.
Posted 1 November 2010