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NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (Minor Illness and Urgent Repeat Medicines Supply pathways)
The NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) is a national Advanced Service to refer patients requiring low acuity advice, treatment and urgent repeat prescriptions to community pharmacies.
The service aims to reduce pressure on the…
Drug Tariff Part IX information
The NHSBSA supports its staff to work in a hybrid home/office way. Part IX applications are most efficiently processed when they are submitted using email and we strongly encourage applicants to do this. Failure to do so may result in the…
SNOMED CT and dm+d
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…
Hospital/Foundation Trusts
Authorised signatories within Hospital Trusts must inform us of hospital:
ePACT codes for prescribing purposes
cost centres
prescribers within their organisation
Additions, deletions and changes to organisational and prescriber data need to…
How to avoid refer backs
We have noticed a rise in items being referred back to contractors for the reason ‘The order/endorsement is incomplete. The presentation must be present.’ The reason code for this is RB2B and is most common with handwritten prescriptions.
If you…
Sending in your claim
How to submit your claim
Dispensing contractors must complete a declaration form, called a 'submission document', when they are making their monthly claims for reimbursement and remuneration. There are different forms to use depending on what you…
Pharmacy First
Part VIC Redetermination (PDF: 286KB)
From 1 December 2023, the NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service will relaunch and the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) will expand to include the initiation of oral…
Reimbursement of Covid-19 costs incurred by pharmacy contractors – appeals process
In summer 2021 pharmacy contractors could claim for specific categories of Covid-19 related costs incurred between 1 March 2020 and 31 March 2021 in the delivery of NHS pharmaceutical services. Further information has been added to the Drug Tariff…
High volume vaccines
Find out which high volume vaccines appendix you need - appendix FP34D and FP34PD are available.
These examples will you fill in the relevant form:
Example FP34D appendix form (PDF: 151KB)Example FP34PD appendix form (PDF: 151KB)Tips for…
Drug Tariff Part VIC – NHS Community Pharmacy Consultation Service (CPCS)
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Contractors should note that the grace period to claim for activity under the Community Pharmacist Consultation Advanced Service will reduce from six months to three…