Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51942

Prescriptions: ICT

Tabled: 13 May 2025

Answered: 20 May 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May to Question 50557 on Prescriptions: ICT, whether he plans to ensure all Electronic Prescription Service Pharmacies use the Real Time Exemption Checking Service.

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no current plans to mandate use of the Real Time Exemption Checking service in all pharmacies using the Electronic Prescription Service.