Pharmacy IT workstreams update published as IT group meets
Community Pharmacy England has released an IT update and a summary of the June 2025 meeting of the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG). The group are due to consider several key topics, including:
- Pharmacy IT development current workstreams
- Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) developments
- Use of artificial intelligence
Get involved
- Primary Care Cyber Security Readiness: The Joint Cyber Unit are conducting a pilot study to evaluate the benefits of cybersecurity support tools that build on the DSPTK. Pharmacy reps interested with this can put themselves forward via the IT sign-up .
- Be an early user of the updated EPS Tracker: See prototypes and make suggestions about how an updated EPS Tracker would be most useful and usable. You’ll just need to complete the application form and also take part with a few short remote calls to share your thoughts and preferences about the tool. You’ll be able to pilot the tool during early rollout (from June 2025).
- Next steps for pharmacy IT feedback: If you would like to comment on the group’s document, please email it@cpe.org.uk.
- Use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies: if you’d like to comment on your use of AI technology to support patient care contact da@cpe.org.uk to take part with a call about this.
For those supporting digital developments you can also respond to this NHS England survey about the pharmacy profession and your role with supporting digital change within your pharmacy/organisation.
To request that Community Pharmacy England and the Community Pharmacy IT Group consider specific IT matters or to request to join future meetings (July onwards), please fill out the One-minute IT feedback/comment form.
The Summer round-up also outlines other opportunities for pharmacy teams to contribute to improving pharmacy IT.
To learn more, please refer to these materials for this meeting:
- IT update one-page factsheet
- Quarterly IT update bulletin (pdf)
- Quarterly IT update bulletin (html website version).
About the CP ITG
Members of the CP ITG are drawn from Community Pharmacy England, NPA, RPS, CCA and IPA. Community Pharmacy England provides the secretariat for the group. The group’s meetings and work also involve pharmacy owners and teams, system suppliers, NHSBSA, NHS England’s pharmacy team, NHS England’s Transformation Directorate, DHSC and PRSB. Read more about the group and it’s work: CP ITG webpage.
