Guidelines : Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
Detail
Condition :
Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
Keywords :
electronic prescription service, EPS disruption, EPS downtime, EPS service continuity, business continuity, contingency plans
BNF Codes :
Committee Recommendations
Date
Committee Name
Narrative
Traffic Light Status
11 January 2023
When community pharmacies suffer an IT failure and EPS system goes down for an extended time i.e., more than 24 hours, they should have mitigations put in place as part of their business continuity plans, including contacting affected GP practices.
The document below provides practical advice around mitigations GP practices should consider when there is a community pharmacy closure /IT failure and EPS is unavailable.
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07 September 2016
EPS outage has an impact on general practice and community pharmacy. The EPS Business Continuity Plan (below) provides some practical advice in planning for, and managing an EPS outage.
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Documents
Type
Document
Review Date
Supplementary documents (CCG specific documents)
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Drugs
Below are listed drugs that are used to treat Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
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