Digital prescriptions added to NHS App

pharmaphorum January 30, 2024
Phil Taylor

From today, a new feature added to the NHS App used in the UK will allow millions of people to submit and view prescriptions, in a bid to save time for patients and doctors.

The digital prescription function, which does away with the need for paper scrip, was put through its paces in a pilot trial last year involving a million users of the app, now being used by three-quarters of the UK population – around 33.5 million people.

The function will generate a digital barcode on the app that can be scanned in pharmacies to identify the drug to be prescribed, and can also be used to allow patients to see when their prescriptions have been issued and...

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