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Every doctor has their own unique DIN, also known as a prescribing code. NHS England issue this to the GP when they qualify. When a doctor joins, the practice can apply to have their DIN linked to the practice. Both Partners and Salaried GPs can…

ICB restructure July 2022 From 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have replaced Strategic Information Partnerships (STPs). Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are now Sub-ICB Locations (SICBLs). You can find more information about these…

Authorised signatories within Hospital Trusts must inform us of hospital: ePACT codes for prescribing purposes cost centres prescribers within their organisation Additions, deletions and changes to organisational and prescriber data need to…

A Local Authority commissioning a public health service must determine whether the service will provide medicines and appliances to patients using FP10 prescriptions. The Local Authority will be responsible for the cost of FP10 prescriptions issued…

A commissioner of health services, such as an Integrated Care Board (ICB) or a local authority, may award contracts to a range of service providers. These providers can include organisations from the independent sector known as Independent Sector…

ICB restructure July 2022 From 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have replaced Strategic Information Partnerships (STPs). Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are now Sub-ICB Locations (SICBLs). You can find more information about these…

The Best Practice Show 2017 took place at the NEC in Birmingham on 17-18 October, and the NHSBSA was asked to give a presentation to attending dispensing doctors about the payment process. Phil Edwards (Business Development pharmacist) and Kerry…

Dispensing doctor payments We provide information to Primary Care Organisation payment sites so that they can make payments to dispensing doctors. The data is dispatched no later than the 15th of the month after the month we receive it. The actual…

Unidentified prescribing occurs when the costs from a prescription cannot be matched to a prescriber at that practice or organisation. If we cannot match a prescriber to a practice, we will attribute prescribing costs to the lead prescriber at that…

GPs who want to make a claim for certain high-volume personally administered vaccines, must make them on an FP34 appendix form, (according to paragraph 16.16 of the Statement of Financial Entitlements). The high-volume personally administered…