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This is a message on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care On Monday 31 March 2025, the details of the contractual settlement for 2025/26 were announced, which included changes to Pharmacy First; one of the changes announced was a…

A Local Authority commissioning a public health service must determine whether the service will provide medicines and appliances to patients using FP10 prescriptions. The Local Authority will be responsible for the cost of FP10 prescriptions issued…

dm+d was developed as a stand-alone product which could be implemented in systems independent of the strategic clinical terminology solution the NHS was committed to - SNOMED CT® (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms). However, it…

We recently told you about the ‘One Drug Database’ project we’re undertaking and our plan to provide the new dataset in January 2020 (November 2019 data). It looks like the project will be delayed by one month. We’re now aiming to go live in…

A commissioner of health services, such as an Integrated Care Board (ICB) or a local authority, may award contracts to a range of service providers. These providers can include organisations from the independent sector known as Independent Sector…

We have recently noticed a rise in items that are being referred back to contractors for the reason code RB2B: ‘The order/endorsement is incomplete. The presentation must be present.’ This commonly occurs with handwritten prescriptions. If you…

Every doctor has their own unique DIN, also known as a prescribing code. NHS England issue this to the GP when they qualify. When a doctor joins, the practice can apply to have their DIN linked to the practice. Both Partners and Salaried GPs can…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC): The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), in partnership with NHS Supply Chain, have implemented a new PPE Portal platform to ensure continued access to…

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…

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…