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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…
Extension of the Community Pharmacy Medicines Delivery Service and COVID-19 Lateral Flow Device Distribution Service (Pharmacy Collect)
This is an announcement on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI):
NHS Test and Trace has confirmed the extension of both the Community Pharmacy COVID-19 Lateral Flow Device Distribution Service (Pharmacy Collect) and the Medicines…
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…
Updates to July 2020 Drug Tariff
Updated information
For information about the essential and advanced delivery service, read our updated article.
The following is an announcement on behalf of DHSC:
COVID-19 – Essential and advanced delivery service
Pharmacy contractors should…
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…
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…
Introduction of the NHS Smoking Cessation Service and revocation of the Community Pharmacy Covid-19 Lateral Flow Device Distribution Service
New Secretary of State Directions 7BI and 7BJ (PDF: 196KB) of the 2013 Directions have been signed and published today, 9 March 2022, introducing the NHS Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Service.
This will see community pharmacies help to…