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Patient exemption checking: a guide for dental teams in England
From 1 September 2021, the temporary signature suspension has been lifted. Patients, or their representatives, will again be required to sign the reverse of NHS prescription, dental and eye care forms, or tokens for prescriptions presented at the…
HC2 certificates (full help with health costs)
If you apply to the NHS Low Income Scheme and receive an HC2 certificate for full help with health costs, you’re entitled to:free NHS prescriptionsfree NHS dental treatmentfree NHS sight testshelp with the cost of glasses or contact lenseshelp with…
Information about the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA)
The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) will be responsible for all future compensation payments.Visit the Infected Blood Compensation Authority website for more information including details on how they will open the service more widely.On…
Dental contract system reforms in England
The 2022/23 Dental contract negotiations represent the first significant change to the contract since its introduction in 2006. They follow 12 months of engagement with stakeholders and the profession, and in recent months, a set of more focused…
Your options for a flexible retirement
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made changes to the NHS Pension Scheme rules to enable NHS staff to work more flexibly up to and beyond retirement age.If you are a member with 1995 Section benefits, you can: return to NHS…
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…
Claim for a Vaccine Damage Payment (Jersey)
EligibilityTo qualify for a Vaccine Damage Payment, it must be proved that an eligible vaccine was administered on or after 1 December 2020 in Jersey and:on the balance of probabilities, the vaccine caused your disabilityand that the resulting…
Compass guidance and tutorials
Guidance amendments - 'Performer' is now 'Clinician'Due to changes within Dentistry the term 'Performer' will now be replaced by the word 'Clinician'.We will update our guidance and other content in due course but aside from this processes will…
People infected with HIV
The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) is now closed to new applications
With effect from 1 July 2025, the England Infected Blood Support Scheme is now closed to new applications for Bereaved Partner Payments and Bereaved Lump Sum…
Data download, NHSBSA Open Data Portal and One Drug Database (ODD) update 19 February 2020
The NHS currently releases detailed information on prescribing of medications via two datasets, both of which are sourced from NHSBSA data:
•Detailed Prescribing Information (DPI), released by NHS Business Services Authority via the ISP portal.
•…