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Drug Tariff news - Part IIIA Professional Fees (Pharmacy Contractors)
The following text has been removed from the September 2015 Drug Tariff:
Additional fee for March 2015 for pharmacy contractors
In the month of March 2015 only, pharmacy contractors (England and Wales) will receive an additional fee. This fee is…
Rivaroxaban addition to Category A and M from September 2024
The addition of the following products into Category A:
Rivaroxaban 2.5mg tablets
Rivaroxaban 10mg tablets
The addition of the following products into Category M:
Rivaroxaban 15mg tablets
Rivaroxaban 20mg tablets
These additions are…
Drug Tariff update – Omeprazole oral suspension
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care
The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Assembly of Wales have retrospectively determined from September 2023:
the addition of Omeprazole 1mg/ml…
Drug Tariff update - Fludroxycortide 4microgram/square cm tape 7.5cm
The Department of Health and Social Care has retrospectively determined for December 2020 to February 2021:
prescriptions for Fludroxycortide 4microgram/square cm tape 7.5cm (20cm) will be reimbursed at £13.67 (instead of £9.26)
the addition of…
Safer management of controlled drugs (CD)
Background for the Safer Management of Controlled Drugs (PDF: 69KB)Controlled drug prescribing (PDF: 109KB)
Requisitions for Schedule 1, 2 and 3 controlled drugs
Further information relating to private CD requisitions can be found on the Home…
How to avoid unidentified prescribing
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…
Changes to sorting requirements and new FP34C forms
The following is an announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC):
The increased uptake of electronic prescriptions has resulted in a significant reduction of paper prescription submissions. Approximately 5% of the prescriptions…
March 2023 reimbursement price changes
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that the following products have had their reimbursement price redetermined for March 2023 to reflect an increase in their NHS list price:
EpiPen 300micrograms/0.3ml (1 in 1,000) solution for…
Drug Tariff Part VIC Redetermination PF – October
Contractors should note the minimum number of Pharmacy First Clinical Pathway consultations required to be delivered during October 2024 to secure the fixed payment has been reduced from 30 to 20.
In addition, from October 2024, the Pharmacy First…
BNF Code Changes
There has been a number of queries raised relating to BNF code changes between December 2019 data and the release of January 2020 data.
We have therefore taken the opportunity to publish additional mapping files to help customers understand and…