The trials, which will begin early next year, will help GPs andcommunity nurses become better informed about the medication childrenare taking, by using handheld computers and laptops to access thepatient records system.
At present, most community nurses can prescribe a limited selection ofmedicines, with those with specialist training having greaterprescribing powers.
Barbara Stuttle, clinical lead for Connecting for Health, the NHSelectronic patient-care records system, said community nurses were oftenunable to pass on information about what they had prescribed to GPs.
Conversely, they could also be unaware of any medication children hadreceived since their last prescription.
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