Electronic prescriptions has been piloted in several
centres in Spain over the last few years, as well as
giving pharmacists a role in the follow up of problems
related to medicines. In Spain everyone carries their
ID cards or remembers their 7 figure number from
chidhood onwards, thus preventing this type of
problem.
David Brown
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> We heard recently of an elderly lady who queued up
> for a long time in
> the post office - as one has to do these days - only
> to forget the PIN
> needed to pick up her pension. She left in tears
> with no money, a
> bewildered casualty of the decision to pay pensions
> and benefits
> electronically, rather than via hard copy pass
> books.
>
> This week we report on a warning that local
> pharmacies are likely to
> undergo similar radical changes when electronic
> transfer of
> prescriptions takes off. This will send a chill down
> the spine of
> everyone dealing with the problems caused not only
> by the decision to
> go for electronic pension and benefit payments but
> also the
> side-effect of sub-post offices closing by the
> score.
>
> The Department of Work and Pensions made huge
> efforts to try to stop
> sad scenes like the one described but some people
> can't cope, usually
> the most vulnerable ones least likely to protest.
> This is not an
> argument against using technology to make our public
> services safer
> for the majority and more cost-effective. Rather it
> is a warning that
> the health service will have to have multiple access
> channels to
> protect its most vulnerable patients for as long as
> it takes and
> probably a lot longer than the authorities would
> like..
>
> Being left without money is frightening and
> disruptive for an elderly
> person, being left without medication could be
> life-threatening.
>
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