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Drug Tariff Part VIC – NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Contractors should note from 1 September 2023 claims for payment for the NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service should be submitted via an IT…
March 2018 - Medicines Optimisation Dashboard Available
March 2018 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available.
Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a…
September 2018 - Medicines Optimisation Dashboard Available
Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a range of data relating to variation in medicines use and…
Organisation and prescriber changes
ICB restructure July 2022
From 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have replaced Strategic Information Partnerships (STPs). Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are now Sub-ICB Locations (SICBLs).
You can find more information about these…
Re-categorisation of Nutritional Borderline Substance (NBS) products
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has worked closely with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to improve the categorisation of NBS products. It is part of a system-wide move towards interoperability.
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Part VIC Redetermination February 2024 - Pharmacy First Clinical Pathway - Caps
From 1 October 2024, new caps will be introduced based on the actual delivery of the Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways – the methodology is detailed in the Part VIC redetermination (PDF: 182KB).
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…
Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service
The Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service is a new advanced service for community pharmacy commencing in September 2020. Through this service, people who inject drugs who are not currently accessing community drug and alcohol treatment services will…
Electronic repeat dispensing (eRD)
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What is eRD?
First introduced in 2009, Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) is a non-compulsory method of dispensing prescriptions electronically. It means that patients who regularly get the same medicine do not need to visit their GP…
NHS Smoking Cessation Service Pilot – Transfer of Care to Community Pharmacy from Maternity Services
This pilot service follows on from the Smoking Cessation Transfer of Care pilots and the introduction of the NHS Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) into the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF).
This pilot service will test a referral…