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Retrospective price adjustments in NHS England and Wales during 2022
This is an update on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care
The Department of Health and Social Care can confirm that the following products will have an upward adjustment in price due to late notification of price increases:
To apply…
Doctors Index Number (DIN)
Every doctor has their own unique DIN, also known as a prescribing code. NHS England issue this to the GP when they qualify.
When a doctor joins, the practice can apply to have their DIN linked to the practice. Both Partners and Salaried GPs can…
Drug Reimbursement – Azathioprine 50mg/5ml oral suspension
Since February 2024, a licensed version of Azathioprine 50mg/5ml oral suspension became available. Therefore, for prescriptions dispensed in February and March 2024:
where there is an endorsement for the licensed product, then reimbursement will…
Help your patients understand how their prescription information is used and protected
A new data privacy law will be introduced in the UK in May 2018. As a result, we’ve published a new privacy notice to make it easier for patients to find out how the NHS Business Services Authority uses and protects their prescription information.…
Migration of reports from Information Services Portal (ISP) to ePACT2 and Catalyst
We're currently working to migrate a number of reports from ISP to ePACT2 and the new public facing portal ‘Catalyst’.
We're removing access to a number of reports currently viewed via ISP on Friday 11 January 2019 in preparation of the migration…
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…
End of the paper Drug Tariff in England
Information for Contractors in England on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC):
Dispensing contractors in England should note that from April 2021 the Drug Tariff will no longer be printed and distributed as a paper document.…
CPAF launches on Monday 18 July
The 2022/23 Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire will launch on Monday 18 July 2022.
NHS England and Improvement has made some adjustments to this year's CPAF questions.
The questionnaire must be completed…
Prescribing budgets
ICBs are responsible for setting a prescribing budget against each GP practice within their organisation.
Annual prescribing budgets
Following the completion of March’s prescribing data, NHS Prescription Services will send an annual prescribing…
eRD Reports
GP data request report
Our GP data request report shows how many GP practices have requested NHS numbers from us.
The report also shows the current levels of EPS and eRD utilisation for each practice.
You can filter the report by ICB and Health…