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About the eRD resources page
Our GP Assurance team are working in collaboration with prescribers and dispensers to help them realise the benefits of increased eRD use. We've created a library of resources to help you.
eRD set up…
SICBLs, ICBs and other providers
Information and guidance for Local Authorities and Providers, including how to:
access the Local Payments Application to enter contractor payments for locally commissioned services
reconcile your invoices
inform us of organisation and…
NHS Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Pathfinder Programme
From September 2026 newly qualified pharmacists will enter the General Pharmaceutical Council register as independent prescribers. There are also many training and education initiatives funded through the NHS England Pharmacy Integration Fund that…
NHS and local authority reforms
We provide prescribing and financial information relating to the provision of pharmaceutical services. We also calculate payments that are due to dispensing contractors in primary care.
Organisational changes and new arrangements for commissioning…
Hints and Tips, open days and webinars
Hints and Tips is a quarterly bulletin designed to help our dispensing contractors with their interaction with NHS Prescription Services.
Get Hints and Tips straight to your inbox and keep up to date with all the latest news by completing our…
Organisation and prescriber changes
ICB restructure July 2022
From 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have replaced Strategic Information Partnerships (STPs). Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are now Sub-ICB Locations (SICBLs).
You can find more information about these…
Authorised signatures
Authorised signatories are personnel working for commissioner and/or provider organisations with responsibility for notifying NHS Prescription Services of changes to prescribing data.
NHS Prescription Services hold details of a senior authorised…
NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) reorganisation as of 1 April 2021
The following will be implemented as part of NHS CCG structure changes as of 1 April 2021. The changes will apply to April 2021 dispensing data which will be released mid-June and will be implemented across all our reporting systems where applicable…
Prescription form overprint specifications
It’s important that the overprint specifications for prescriptions are followed so all forms are printed to a high standard. This makes it much easier for us to process the forms quickly to meet deadlines.
Guidance on current and out of date…
NHS Pharmacy First Service (PFS)
The PFS will be a new advanced service that will replace the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS). The full service will consist of three elements:
Pharmacy First (clinical pathways) – new element
Pharmacy First (urgent repeat…