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Determination - Uplift to advance payment between 1 April 2020 and 1 July 2020
The following is an announcement on behalf of DHSC:
To mitigate cash flow issues due to COVID-19, a total uplift of circa £370 million across all pharmacy contractors has been made between 1 April 2020 and 1 July 2020. Pharmacy contractors, which…
Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2021/22 re-determination
Pharmacy contractors should note for Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2021/22, that the arrangements for claiming payment for PQS have been altered in recognition of the significant contribution of the pharmacy workforce to the COVID-19 vaccination…
COVID-19 - Uplift to pharmacy contractors’ payment on 1 June
On behalf of DHSC we can announce that, to further mitigate cash flow issues that contractors are facing due to COVID-19, a total uplift of £50 million across all contractors will be made to contractors’ ‘advance payments’ on 1 June. The calculation…
COVID-19 uplift to pharmacy contractors’ payment on 1 July
On behalf of DHSC we can announce that, to further mitigate cash flow issues that contractors are facing due to coronavirus (COVID-19), a total uplift of £20 million across all contractors will be made to contractors’ advance payments on 1 July.…
Extension of temporary suspension of submission of certain EPS tokens
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Since December 2020, the requirement for community pharmacies to submit certain EPS tokens has been suspended. Only EPS tokens related to Serious Shortages…
Reimbursement for PPE costs incurred within community pharmacy and DACs during the Covid-19 pandemic response
From 1 January 2021, pharmacy contractors will be eligible to claim for PPE that was purchased between 27 February 2020 and 31 December 2020 for use in the delivery of NHS pharmaceutical services up to 31 March 2021 as a result of COVID-19 infection…
Extension of Temporary suspension of submission of certain EPS tokens
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
From December 2020, there has been a suspension of the requirement for community pharmacies to submit certain EPS tokens. From this date pharmacy contractors must…
The Pharmaceutical Services (Advanced and Enhanced Services and Emergency Declaration) (Amendment) (England) Directions 2021
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The declaration of emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services, made in the directions signed in March 2020, will now be extended from…
Extension of temporary suspension of the need for signatures on prescriptions, dental and ophthalmic forms
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has approved an extension to an existing temporary measure in England to help limit the transmission of…
Reimbursement of Covid-19 costs incurred by pharmacy contractors and recovery of the uplift to the advance payments received between 1 April 2020 and 1 July 2020
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Community Pharmacy contractors can now submit claims for the additional costs due to Covid-19 incurred between 1 March 2020 and 31 March 2021 for the delivery of…