§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what procedures were followed in procuring the design, prototyping and population of the primary care drug dictionary; [67992]
(2) whether tenders were issued for the design, prototyping and population of the primary care drug dictionary. [67990]
§ Mr. LammyA drug dictionary has been developed as part of the research phase of the development of PRODIGY, a computerised decision and learning support tool for general practitioners.
A recent re-procurement of primary care decision support (based on PRODIGY) is near completion as the work moves from research and development to the implementation phase. Reference to the design work and prototyping for an electronic drug dictionary was included as part of the procurement process. This is consistent with European Union procurement rules.