Question follow-through · 412

Prescriptions: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for how long he expects NHS England to continue central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
18 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for how long he expects NHS England to continue central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 May 2026

    Answer published

    Central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module will remain in place until 31 March 2027. Consultation with relevant bodies including the Dispensing Doctors’ Association and the British Medical Association will take place to help inform the long-term a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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