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Pharmacies and the Dorset Care Record

The Pharmaceutical Journal, the trade title for the pharmacy sector, has this week run a story on when will community pharmacies get access to patient records.

In its article, it highlighted how Dorset Local Pharmaceutical Committee (Dorset LPC) was one of a handful or organisations in England, to have been given access: “A handful of local areas are leading the way – or making steady progress – on enabling pharmacy access to a share care records system, with LPC’s telling the PJ that some pharmacies now “couldn’t survive without it.” Continue reading “Pharmacies and the Dorset Care Record”

Community pharmacy FAQ

FAQs for Community Pharmacies

As part of our ongoing engagement with community pharmacies, we have developed a Frequently Asked Questions sheet which is available on the Dorset Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC) website.

Community pharmacies are a key area of expansion for the Dorset Care Record this autumn and we have been working with the key industry body the  Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) to increase the number of pharmacies using the DCR. Continue reading “FAQs for Community Pharmacies”