In a message dated 13/11/96 08:32:56, you write:
>The Paper FP10 will still be required and will have to reach the
>pharmacy before an item can be dispensed.
>
>The patient retains control of where the script goes, they are free to
>select a linked pharmacy or an unlinked one as they wish.
>
>PRS have stated that they have NO plans to sell data which passes
>through the system.
Why are they spending lots of money on the system if the paper script has to
be in existance and at the pharmacy before dispening can occur? There will be
no saving in convenience except perhaps that the script will be raedy the
second the patient walks through the door. The only people to benefit will be
those whose medication has to be ordered in advance becasuse it is not
routine stock. Being a regular patient of one particular pharmacy will make
tihis unlikely anyway. The only possible commercial benefit from this will be
access to the drug data from the information flows and possibly a slight
reduction in stock levels. This could come about if the pharmacist tells the
patient that 24 hours is required from a generated script to collection. The
item could then be ordered to be delivered with the next days stock, thus
reducing stock levels to the bare minimum required to cover walk in business.
The next logical step from this is to ask for a copy to go to the
pharmacist's usual wholesaler who will make up the pack and deliver it.
Suddenly it occurs to me that the profession of pharmacist might dissapear.
If the delivery is same day ( as most pharmacies have now) and most scripts
are original pack dispensing, then if the script goes to the wholesaler, you
have cut out a whole expensive teir of the NHS at a stroke! You heard it here
first!
Trefor Roscoe Email [log in to unmask]
Beighton Health Centre Tel 0114 - 269 5061
Queens Road Fax 0114 269 7186
Sheffield S19 6BJ
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