Hints and Tips is a quarterly bulletin designed to help our customers with their interaction with NHS Prescription Services. We produce two versions, one for dispensing contractors and one for information services users.
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Open days
We hold monthly open days so our customers can come and see how we process prescriptions. Each session lasts about 3 hours.
Anyone involved in sending in prescriptions for reimbursement and remuneration may find our open days useful, especially if you are a:
- pharmacist
- dispensing doctor
- GP who claims for personally administrated items
- dispensing appliance contractor
Webinar sessions
We hold webinar sessions for dispensing contractors on a range of topics to keep you informed and answer any questions you may have. These usually last around 30 minutes.
We can provide guidance on:
- why prescriptions are switched between exempt and chargeable
- how and when to endorse prescriptions
- how to prepare, sort and submit your account and submission document - for either pharmacy FP34C or dispensing doctors FP34D
- how to complete and submit your FP10MDA forms
- how to submit your quarterly NMS & MUR data
- reconciling your Schedule of Payments with the Prescription Item Report
If you would like to learn more and are interested in attending any of these webinars, contact nhsbsa.webinars@nhs.net and we'll get back to you to arrange a suitable date and time.