HC Deb 15 June 2004 vol 422 c895W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when(a) electronic transmission of prescriptions and (b) e-booking will commence within the health service. [176864]

Mr. Hutton

The electronic transmission of prescriptions in England is scheduled to be implemented from the beginning of 2005. E-booking is being introduced from summer 2004, initially at a small number of sites, but will then be rolled out across the national health service in England with the aim of full coverage by the end of 2005.