Prescriptions
Commons · Question 58806 · Tabled 10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding for dispensing GPs to offer electronic prescribing.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Jun 2025
Following its launch in 2005, the Electronic Prescribing Service (EPS) is now used in more than 96% of general practices (GPs). While GP IT services and funding do not cover dispensing services provided by dispensing doctors, EPS is used in prescribing an...