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Following the introduction of the Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC), the FP57 receipt and refund claim form has been updated. The prescription charges section has been updated. This lets the pharmacy teams…

The Department of Health and Social Care and the Welsh Government have retrospectively determined from March 2020: The addition of (with special container status applied):         omeprazole 10mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free (75ml) – to…

This pilot will evaluate the implementation of direct referrals by Community Pharmacy to secondary care for people with suspected cancer signs and symptoms. It will start by focusing on testing safety and technical feasibility with a small number of…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care Pharmacy contractors should note for SSP034, where the patient has previously been supplied with a spacer, and the alternative inhaler to be supplied to the patient in…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Amended Directions for the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service (CPSIVAS) have been made and published. Read the updated directions…

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…

New amended directions for the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service (CPSIVAS) 2023/24 have been made and published. An updated determination has also been published in the September Drug Tariff. The CPSIVAS Directions…

Unfortunately some pharmacists have let us know that they’ve recently been contacted by someone claiming to be from 'the NHSBSA', ‘the PPA’ or ‘Prescription Services’.  The caller says that the pharmacist needs to provide their bank details so they…

Electronic submission of prescriptions for reimbursement EPS (release 2) allows pharmacies to electronically submit patients’ prescriptions to us for reimbursement. The information is provided to us using the dm+d code and contractors can make…

The ‘One Drug Database’ project is underway, which will move all of our drug data into one place. This will provide a consistent, single source of information. For years, we’ve had two sources of drug data – Master Data Replacement (MDR) for…