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Medicines covered by the Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC)
A Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC) covers the cost of certain HRT medicines. Your GP may prescribe you other medicines that are not covered by an HRT PPC.Check that the medicine you need is covered before you…
Premium-priced generics
There’s an increasing volume of computerised prescriptions each month where the prescriber has prescribed a generic Drug Tariff Part VIIIA product but also with the name of the branded product or the supplier/ manufacturer added in brackets.In these…
Drug Tariff updates
Updates to the Drug TariffCheck to see if there are any updates to the published Drug Tariff each month.July 2026Drug Tariff News - July Part VIIIA reimbursement prices (issued 22 July)The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed the…
PPE Portal registration
The following is an announcement on behalf of DHSC:
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) encourages and urges all Optometrists with an NHS contract to continue registering with HM Government’s PPE Portal to order COVID-19 PPE, free…
Special order products discontinued
The following Special Order products have all been discontinued: Hydromorphone 10mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules (Special Order)Hydromorphone 20mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules (Special Order)Hydromorphone 50mg/1ml solution for…
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…
Roles within the Optimisation team
Head of Workforce Optimisation
The Head of Workforce Optimisation’s role is to plan, strategically carry out and evaluate the effects of a number of programmes and projects that aim to improve the way people work together.
Performance Manager
The…
Drug Tariff news - April Part VIIIA reimbursement prices
The Department of Health has agreed that the April Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement prices for the following items will be:
Mebeverine 135mg tablets £18.50
Olsalazine 250mg capsules £75.00
Olsalazine 500mg tablets £85.00
and not as…
Drug Tariff News - March Part VIIIA Reimbursement Prices
The Department of Health has agreed that the March Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement price for
Lisinopril 20mg / Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg tablets is £8.00
Pizotifen 500microgram tablets is £7.00
and not as printed in the March edition of…
Gibside School visit NHSBSA during World Autism Awareness Week
Children from Gibside School are visiting an NHS organisation in Newcastle this World Autism Awareness Week (1-7 April) to try out some technology activities and raise money for their charity.
Autism is a lifelong disability which affects how…