NHS England Expands EPS to Prisons: Key Insights for Pharmacy Teams - 0 views
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pharmacybiz on 23 Aug 24NHS England has announced the expansion of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) to Detained Estate health services in England, starting next month. This means prescribers working in prisons would be able to issue EPS 'To Take Out' (TTO) and urgent prescriptions electronically to community pharmacies, eliminating the need for paper FP10 forms. Currently, around 6,000 of these types of FP10s are issued annually by prisons, according to the NHSBSA. However, with the introduction of EPS, the reliance on this method for supplying medicines to people upon release from prison may change. The NHSE noted that EPS rollout will "significantly improve access to urgent medicines and medicines needed by released patients."