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Department of Health and Social Care launches consultation on introduction of retirement flexibilities
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposals to amend the NHS Pension Scheme rules to help retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning to work following retirement.
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Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care
This ‘Items not for routine prescribing’ dashboard is based on guidelines for an initial list of 18 treatments, drawn up with family doctors and pharmacists, which fall into one or more of these categories:
products of low clinical effectiveness…
Don't get caught out by penalty charges
If you're claiming free prescriptions or dental treatment, do not assume you're automatically covered. Always check before you claim.
Free prescriptions
You're only entitled to claim if you meet the requirements:
Age
You’re entitled to free…
GP and Pharmacy support: open days, webinars and newsletters
We hold regular webinars and open days for prescribing and dispensing contractors on topics ranging from endorsing and referred backs to batch submissions and switching.
Online sessions last approximately 60 minutes.
In-person open days take…
Practice items
The Practice Items report is a monthly rolling report showing the number of dispensed items prescribed and their Net Item Cost (NIC) for each practice.
Included in the Practice Items report:
Practice name, address and code
Number of items and…
eRD information for the Best Practice Show 2023
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…
Prescription form overprint specifications
It’s important that the overprint specifications for prescriptions are followed so all forms are printed to a high standard. This makes it much easier for us to process the forms quickly to meet deadlines.
Guidance on current and out of date…
eRD information for pharmacies
Our GP Assurance team is working in collaboration with Primary Care Networks, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Health Innovation Networks to help prescribers and dispensers realise the benefits of increased electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) use…
eRD resources for GP practices
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About the eRD resources page
Our GP Assurance team are working in collaboration with prescribers and dispensers to help them realise the benefits of increased eRD use. We've created a library of resources to help you.
eRD set up…