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<p>Funding has been identified (£68 million) to support the acceleration of the introduction
of ePrescribing and Medicine Administration (ePMA) systems for which there is evidence
to support benefit. Individual trusts are making their own determinations of requirements
for technology such as automated cabinets and are introducing as required locally.
Work to integrate such systems with ePMA has started and will be reinforced with the
advent of medication messaging standards as these are developed.</p><p>The Government
has created NHSX, a joint unit between the Department, NHS England and NHS Improvement,
to deliver the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's Technology Vision and
build on the Long Term Plan for the NHS. NHSX will combine all the levers of policy,
implementation and change to allow a single-minded focus on giving the National Health
Service the technology that patients and clinicians need.</p>
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