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The Department of Health and Social Care with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee’s agreement is maintaining CPCF funding for 2018/19  at the same level as last year, i.e. £2.592 billion. In order to deliver this level of funding the…

eRD top tips   Be prepared to invest some ‘set–up’ time at the practice. This is an ‘invest to save’ process. Start small – increase numbers and expand the selection criteria as the confidence of the prescriber and practice increases. Improve…

The 2022/23 Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire will launch on Monday 18 July 2022.   NHS England and Improvement has made some adjustments to this year's CPAF questions. The questionnaire must be completed…

From September 2026 newly qualified pharmacists will enter the General Pharmaceutical Council register as independent prescribers. There are also many training and education initiatives funded through the NHS England Pharmacy Integration Fund that…

We're reminding pharmacy contractors to complete this year's Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire by 11:59pm on Saturday 24 July 2021. Around 2,000 pharmacies still need to complete this year’s CPAF, which is…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has approved an extension to an existing temporary measure in England to help limit the transmission of…

This is an announcement on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI). The new 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme (PhAS) will come into effect from 1 January 2022. The revised scheme is part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme (PhAS) is one of the elements agreed as part of the agreement on Year 3 (2021 to 2022) of the Community Pharmacy Contractual…

Following the publication by the European Commission of a correction to the 13 May 2016 list of harmonized standards under the European Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices,…

The following parts of the Drug Tariff have been updated to include details from the 2025/26 deal for contractors – further details are included in the Letter to Contractors. Part I – Changes to the Payment Timetable to include earlier fee payments…