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Private controlled drugs
You need to use the correct submission document when submitting private controlled drugs.
Use the FP34PCD form to submit:
FP10PCD private prescriptions for controlled drugs (CD)
FP10CDF requisition forms
Complete and submit one FP34PCD…
New Medicine Service (NMS) – Drug Lists
NMS medicines
NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) has released a New Medicine Service updated service specification to be used from 1 September 2021:
Advanced Service Specification – NHS New Medicine Service (NMS) [PDF: 245KB]As outlined in Part…
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…
NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service June 2025
The service specification and patient group directions (PGD) for the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service have been updated to allow for the inclusion of supplies of oral emergency contraception. These documents will be published by NHS England (NHSE…
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…