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Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service
The Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service is a new advanced service for community pharmacy commencing in September 2020. Through this service, people who inject drugs who are not currently accessing community drug and alcohol treatment services will…
End of the paper Drug Tariff in England
Information for Contractors in England on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC):
Dispensing contractors in England should note that from April 2021 the Drug Tariff will no longer be printed and distributed as a paper document.…
Updates to November 2020 Drug Tariff
Priadel 200mg/400mg modified release tablets
The Department of Health and Social Care has retrospectively determined that prescriptions for Priadel 200mg modified-release tablets will be reimbursed at the price of £7.50 and Priadel 400mg modified-…
The 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme (PhAS) is one of the elements agreed as part of the agreement on Year 3 (2021 to 2022) of the Community Pharmacy Contractual…
2022 PhAS Review – application window
The 2022 PhAS started on 1 January 2022 with payments for the 2022 PhAS made with the reconciliation payment from 1 April 2022.
Contractors can apply for review of their PhAS eligibility as set out in the Pharmacy Access Scheme guidance. The review…
Drug Tariff Part VIC – Advanced Services – April 2023
From 1 April 2023 there will be amendments to Part VIC of the Drug Tariff to align with recent changes to service specifications for Advanced Services.
From 1 April 2023 pharmacy technicians will be able to perform blood pressure checks as part of…
Prescribing budgets
ICBs are responsible for setting a prescribing budget against each GP practice within their organisation.
Annual prescribing budgets
Following the completion of March’s prescribing data, NHS Prescription Services will send an annual prescribing…
COVID-19 - Uplift to pharmacy contractors’ payment on 1 April and on 1 May
To mitigate cash flow issues that contractors are facing due to COVID-19, an uplift of £300 million in total over the next two months will be made to contractors’ ‘advance payments’.
The first, of £200million will give the average pharmacy…
Amendment to the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) and Part XVI Notes on Charges
The following is an announcement on behalf of DHSC:
Following the publication of Amended Directions for the CPCS (Directions 7BA and 7BB) on the 28 August, the determination for the Community Pharmacist Consultation Advanced Service (CPCS) has been…
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…