Digital Prescribing and Dispensing Pathways Programme

Latest News2026Jul-26DPDP
Written By Community Pharmacy Scotland

Published: 9th July 2026

Adam from our policy team has been seconded to the DPDP programme, which aims to move Scotland away from paper prescriptions, for several years to make sure that the community pharmacy network's perspective and needs are well represented.

With multi-year funding for the programme having now been given the green light, things are beginning to move forward - you can read all the latest in the newsletter below!

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