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Unidentified Nurse Prescribing
We receive a substantial number of Practice Nurse (PN) prescriptions for prescribers who have not been registered with NHS Prescription Services at the practice specified on the prescriptions they're issuing. This has resulted in a high volume of…
64,000 NHS medical exemption certificate expiry dates extended
The Department of Health and Social Care have agreed to extend all NHS medical exemption certificates which are due to expire between 14 December 2021 and 1 March 2022 for a further six months from the current date of expiry.
This is to help reduce…
Home oxygen therapy service
Log in to the home oxygen therapy applicationAvailable Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (except bank holidays).
Key dates
Web opens for supplier input
Web closes for supplier input
Release of home oxygen therapy reports
Payment date…
July 2018 - Medicines Optimisation Dashboard Available
July 2018 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available.
Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a…
Temporary suspension of submission of certain EPS tokens
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that, from December, there is a suspension of the requirement for community pharmacies to submit certain EPS tokens. From this date pharmacy contractors must continue to submit only EPS…
Drug Tariff to go digital-first this April
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has adopted a new digital-first approach to the Drug Tariff.
From April 2021, the Drug Tariff will no longer be printed and distributed as a paper document to anyone who currently receives it, including…
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…
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…
Community Pharmacy Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service
The Directions for the Community Pharmacy Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service have been extended until 31st March 2023. Contractors should note that the determination is retrospective and it is backdated to 1st April 2022, therefore contractors are…