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The NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) is a national Advanced Service to refer patients requiring low acuity advice, treatment and urgent repeat prescriptions to community pharmacies.The service aims to reduce pressure on the…

Published 28 October 2021. Summary Community pharmacies and appliance contractors are responsible for dispensing medications, appliances, and medical devices to NHS patients. They are not a direct part of the NHS but provide essential services on…

Authorised signatories within Hospital Trusts must inform us of hospital:ePACT codes for prescribing purposescost centresprescribers within their organisationAdditions, deletions and changes to organisational and prescriber data need to be emailed…

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…

QueriesIf we have any queries, we’ll email the original sender of the notification. No changes can be made to our systems until we receive a satisfactory response to the query. More complex queries can be discussed by telephone, but must…

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…

What is an SSP? If the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) decides there is a serious shortage of a specific medicine or appliance, they may issue a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP). Under an SSP, pharmacists have the power to dispense an…

Lifetime allowance was the total amount of pension benefits you could build up from all registered pension schemes before you had to pay a tax charge. All pension benefits that you built up counted towards your lifetime allowance. This includes…

Our NHSBSA strategy recognises that our people are crucial to our overall success and this is equally true when it comes to data. Our people are central to the successful delivery of our data strategy. Their knowledge, skills, and collaboration play…

Jump to: Introduction from our Executive Director of People and Corporate Services This report celebrates what we have achieved during 2021-22. It was another challenging year, but thankfully we did see the end of the UK’s legislative…