Pharmacy contractors were required to open on 8 May 2020, the Early May Bank Holiday, as a direct consequence of the NHS England and NHS Improvement announcement made in accordance with paragraph 27A of Schedule 4 to the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations. The determination for payment for these opening hours for those pharmacy contractors who opened and how to claim for them is available in the Drug Tariff Part VIA - Early May Bank Holiday 2020 document (PDF: 31KB).