HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 c1420W
John Mann

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to develop electronic prescriptions. [62352]

Mr. Lammy

Pharmacy in the Future—Implementing the NHS Plan promised electronic transmission of prescriptions by 2004, and piloting is now underway to explore ways of linking computerised general practitioner practices to local community pharmacies using the NHSnet. Both will link to the prescription pricing authority.