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<p>Work has commenced on a variety of projects to help improve the administration
of medicines in National Health Service trusts.</p><p>Following the announcement of
£75 million of funding for ePrescribing and Medicines Administration (ePrescribing
or ePMA) systems, work has commenced to accelerate the uptake and implementation across
the NHS. Funding was provided to 13 trusts in 2018/19 all of whom have now commenced
work. Applications for the second wave of funding have been received – a total of
48 bids are currently being reviewed for 2019/20 funding. A further round of funding
is also planned for 2020/21.</p><p>Additionally, the Global Digital Exemplar programme
is providing funding to support the roll-out of new, integrated technologies including
ePrescribing and closed loop medicines administration and will share their learning
as they make progress.</p><p>The sites that have led the way with closed loop medicines
administration have provided valuable learning for what is a relatively new approach
to support this process in England. Early work is demonstrating a positive impact
on medication related administration error.</p>
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