Prescribing in primary care can be complex. Clinicians must balance safety, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness whilst keeping up with evolving guidance.

ScriptSwitch Prescribing® Clinical Decision Support is designed to help healthcare professionals make informed decisions at the point of prescribing. It reduces medicine waste, improves prescription safety, and supports cost-effective choices.

Supporting safe prescribing for 25 million patients across the UK

Supporting safer, more informed prescribing

Every day, healthcare organisations need to balance patient safety, evolving guidance and financial sustainability.

ScriptSwitch helps teams answer important prescribing questions:

Does this prescribing choice align with the latest guidance?
Could a safer option be more appropriate for this patient?
Are there opportunities to reduce medicines waste?
How can prescribing budgets deliver greater value?
How can new prescribing priorities reach the point of care faster?

By bringing timely guidance into everyday workflows, ScriptSwitch helps organisations turn these questions into action.

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Protect patients from avoidable risk

Small oversights can have significant consequences. ScriptSwitch provides an extra layer of support, flagging potential prescribing risks, and recommending appropriate actions while clinicians are making decisions.

Make every healthcare pound go further

Waste doesn't just affect budgets. It limits what healthcare services can deliver elsewhere. By encouraging cost-effective prescribing choices and reducing unnecessary medicine use, ScriptSwitch helps organisations make better use of valuable resources.

Keep pace with change

Guidance evolves constantly. ScriptSwitch helps medicines optimisation teams translate national and local priorities into everyday practice, ensuring new recommendations reach the point of care quickly and consistently.

Works the way clinicians work

The right information only matters if people can use it. Integrated into existing workflows, ScriptSwitch helps teams act without disruption, reducing friction and keeping attention where it belongs: on patients.

More than software

Technology is only part of the picture. ScriptSwitch is backed by experienced account managers who work alongside your organisation to help you maximise value, align with local priorities and respond to changing prescribing requirements.

Whether you're implementing a new initiative, reviewing opportunities for improvement or adapting to evolving guidance, support is available to help you achieve your goals.

FAQs

Which clinical systems does ScriptSwitch support?

ScriptSwitch integrates with EMIS Web® and SystmOne, enabling prescribing guidance and recommendations to appear within existing clinical workflows. This helps clinicians access relevant information without switching systems or disrupting patient care.

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How does ScriptSwitch improve patient safety?

ScriptSwitch surfaces relevant safety information and recommendations during day-to-day clinical work, helping reduce prescribing risk and support informed action.

How does ScriptSwitch help reduce waste?

The platform identifies opportunities to improve prescribing efficiency, reduce unnecessary medicine use, and support cost-effective alternatives.

Can guidance be tailored locally?

Yes. Organisations can combine centrally authored content with local priorities, formularies and prescribing initiatives.

Who uses ScriptSwitch?

ScriptSwitch currently supports around 25 million patients across England, Wales and Scotland and is used by 36 care systems.

Key benefits

Make safer prescribing the easier choice
Reduce waste and maximise prescribing value
Turn new guidance into everyday practice