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Drug Tariff News - July Part VIIIA Reimbursement Prices
The Department of Health has agreed that the July Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement price for
Bumetanide 1mg tablets £1.92
Celiprolol 400mg tablets £38.99
Cimetidine 400mg tablets £20.24
Dapsone 50mg tablets £46.19
Desmopressin…
Drug Tariff Part VIIIC – May 2023
Pharmacy contractors will be able to obtain the following Covid-19 antivirals at no cost from Alliance Healthcare (further information will be available from Alliance Healthcare Distribution in due course).
Drug
Pack size…
Prescribing for ex-offenders
Prisoners who are released from prison unexpectedly can get their medicines for free until they arrange to see their GP or register with a new GP.
They’ll need to take an FP10 or FP10MDA to the pharmacy.
Prison prescribing on FP10 and…
Contractor warning: unsolicited calls claiming to be from the NHSBSA
Unfortunately some pharmacists have let us know that they’ve recently been contacted by someone claiming to be from 'the NHSBSA', ‘the PPA’ or ‘Prescription Services’. The caller says that the pharmacist needs to provide their bank details so…
Drug Tariff News - December Part VIIIA Reimbursement Prices
The Department of Health has agreed that the December Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement price for the following items will be:
Amitriptyline 50mg tablets £3.05
Bumetanide 1mg tablets £1.75
Candesartan 2mg tablets £2.25
Dapsone 50mg…
Universal electronic prescriptions could save NHS £300m in next three years
Prescription processing is to become digital by default as the final phase of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is rolled out across the country.
The latest improvement to EPS - known as Phase 4 - allows prescriptions for all patients…
What to include in the red separator
Use the red separator when submitting your prescription forms to make sure some items can be checked before we confirm your monthly payment.
Sort your FP10 prescriptions according to the guidance on your FP34 submission document and use the red…
Patient exemption checking: a guide for pharmacy teams in England
From 1 September 2021, the temporary signature suspension has been lifted. Patients, or their representatives, will again be required to sign the reverse of NHS prescription, dental and eye care forms, or tokens for prescriptions presented at the…
Reimbursement price changes – March 2025
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that the reimbursement price for the following product in Part VIII of the Drug Tariff has been redetermined, in the months as set out in the table, to reflect an increase in the NHS list…
Drug Tariff delivery disruption
Information for dispensing contractors in England on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC):
Dispensing contractors should note that there has been a discrepancy within the distribution calculations for the supply of the February…