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Category A changes
Further to the consultation on reimbursement reforms (consultation response can be found here: Community pharmacy drug reimbursement reform: consultation response - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and further consultation with Community Pharmacy England (CPE),…
Patient exemption checking: a guide for pharmacy teams in England
From 1 September 2021, the temporary signature suspension has been lifted. Patients, or their representatives, will again be required to sign the reverse of NHS prescription, dental and eye care forms, or tokens for prescriptions presented at the…
Pharmacy First - Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework
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…
Drug Tariff
Can manufacturers and distributors currently supplying trusses (particularly via FP10 prescriptions) within Primary Care in England and Wales please email: pixie@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
You should state in the email the specific truss types that you…
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…
NHS Smoking Cessation Service - Referral from Secondary Care into Community Pharmacy
The NHS Smoking Cessation Service is a nationally commissioned advanced Service as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework. This service follows on from the Smoking Cessation Transfer of Care pilots which commenced in November 2020.
In…
New Medicine Service (NMS)
Following the expansion of the New Medicine Service (NMS) in September 2021, there was an ambition to develop clinical IT systems that would support contractors and staff providing the service. This was part of the agreement on Year 3 of the…
One Drug Database update
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…
Release of dm+d files
dm+d and its supporting files and information are released through TRUD (Technology Reference Update Distribution). TRUD is hosted by NHS England and provides the distribution and licensing mechanism for NHS terminologies (including dm+d).
For…
MYS – General Practice (Pilot)
Access MYS
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has developed a GP portal within Manage your service (MYS) to allow FP34D and FP34PD forms to be submitted electronically.
Once you have registered for the service, you can access the MYS GP…