First DataBank Europe / GHP / UKCPA IT Award

About the GHP / UKCPA IT Interest Group

The GHP IT Interest Group, formed in 2001, joined forces with UKCPA in 2006 to establish a joint group, which holds an annual seminar. Delegates have an active interest in the implementation of new technologies to support the previsions of pharmacy clinical services.

About First DataBank Europe

First DataBank Europe (FDBE) enables safer prescribing and dispensing and improved patient care through effective clinical decision support. Through its partnerships with healthcare system providers, FDBE’s decision support is in daily use by thousands of healthcare professionals in the UK. NHS Connecting for Health has chosen First DataBank Europe to provide drug related clinical decision support for the National Programme for IT.

FDBE supplies data and software to an impressive portfolio of system suppliers serving clinicians in hospitals, community pharmacies, GP practices and other healthcare environments. Its Multilex Drug Data File - the UK's most widely used drug knowledge base - is integrated into clinical systems across the whole healthcare community to support safer prescribing and dispensing and improve patient care.

2010 award

The closing date for submissions has now passed; judging will take place soon.

Previous Winners

2009	Electronic transfer of care	Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
2008	Development of an e-learning package for medicines management	Northumbria Healthcare
2007	Development of an intranet-hosted formulary management system	University College London Hospitals
2006	Development of a networked IT system to improve the on-call pharmacy service	Queen's Medical CentreNottingham
2005	Complying with Clinical Trial Regulations: Using IT Without Working Harder	University College London Hospitals
2004	Effective Electronic Transfer of Discharge Prescriptions Pilot	University Hospital Aintree
2003	‘Prescribe-a-chat’ project	Highland Primary Care NHS Trust