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SNOMED CT is a structured clinical vocabulary for use in electronic health records. SNOMED CT is the required standard across the NHS. It must be used as the clinical standard before 1 April 2020. This applies to systems used for the direct…

In the event of your death, a lump sum and pension benefits for your dependants may be payable. The benefits payable will depend on your circumstances at the time of your death. A lump sum on death is a normally tax free sum of money that: is…

For any employers that have Greenbury queries, please ensure that these have been submitted by 31 July 2021. Any queries received after this date will not receive a response. Greenbury requests for senior managers who have opted out of the NHS…

If you’re a General Ophthalmic Services contractor operating in England, you must submit your annual GOS complaints return before 11:59pm on Friday 3 September.  Under General Ophthalmic Services Regulations 2008, you’re required to submit an…

We have received a number of FPC1 forms where the box (non-GP provider) has been ticked incorrectly when completing Question 1. As there appears to be some confusion around this we felt it might be helpful to clarify what constitutes a non-GP…

Reimbursement and remuneration based data are collected by NHS Prescription Services. The data relates to the total NHS prescriptions dispensed or personally administered in England.  PD1 reports show these in a particular month by each dispenser…

We are continuing to experience delays in the payment of first awards. We have a recovery plan in place now that includes a number of assumptions and gives us incremental improvements.  We are still working to firm up a forecasted recovery date…

Changes to Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) monthly administrative data In December 2020, we held a public consultation on changing the methodology used in the PCA annual national statistics and expanding their content. Following this consultation…

Update regarding bereaved partner payments On 25 March, the government announced changes to the England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS). The changes announced removed some of the differences between the Infected Blood Support Schemes across…

The NHS Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) is an essential service within the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) which started 15 February 2021. Further information on the DMS is available in the Drug Tariff and the Pharmaceutical…