Aims and Objectives

• Promote, support and facilitate the take up of the Electronic Prescription Service by the NHS in England
• Review and validate the published implementation strategy for the Electronic Prescription Service
• Own and monitor the National Deployment Plan for the Electronic Prescription Service
• Promote the take up of the Electronic Prescription Service through appropriate stakeholder engagement
• Advise and comment on communication materials and the overall communication strategy
• Resolve specific implementation related issues that are raised and direct them to the ETP Programme Board if necessary
• Ensure implementation related risks are mitigated appropriately and directed to the ETP Programme Board if necessary
• Review lessons learned from implementation to inform future implementation approach

Members

Chris Town (Chair), Chief Executive, Cambridgeshire PCT
Dr David Wrigley, GP, joint GPC/RCGP IT committee nominee
Lindsay McClure, PSNC nominee
Jill Matthews, East Midlands SHA, SHA primary care leads nominee (Deputy: Hilary Scott)
Robert Lea, South East Coast SHA, SHA pharmaceutical lead
Nazma Jabbar, Brighton and Hove PCT, SHA pharmaceutical lead
Howell Huws, South West London SHA , SHA Chief Information Officer
Dr Manpreet Pujara, GP, NHS CFH GP user group
Susan Grieve, Principal Pharmacist, Department of Health
Tim Donohoe, Group Programme Director, NHS CFH
Ian Lowry, ETP Programme Manager, NHS CFH

Please note, this group no longer meets.