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Don't get caught out by penalty charges
If you're claiming free prescriptions or dental treatment, do not assume you're automatically covered. Always check before you claim.
Free prescriptions
You're only entitled to claim if you meet the requirements:
Age
You’re entitled to free…
Healthcare cover when moving abroad
If you’re living in an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, you might be entitled to an S1. An S1 gives you the same healthcare cover as a resident of that country, with the UK remaining responsible for these costs.
Healthcare…
Non-POL updates - end of year information
On an annual basis all employing authorities (EAs) are required to submit end of year information to NHS Pensions. You must submit this information to NHS Pensions by 24 May 2024.
If you use Pensions Online (POL) you should submit this year end…
Sharing our performance - September
Last month we introduced this new section to share our performance and to keep you updated on key activities. It’s been a busy month with lots going on.
Our current performance
The table below shows our recent monthly performance for pension…
Improving care to high needs patients (Band 2 changes)
The calculations to award additional UDAs will be based on the Clinical Data Set (CDS) items entered on the FP17. It is therefore important that this is fully completed.
For claims with Date of Acceptance on or after Friday 25 November 2022,…
Submitting EPS claims for reimbursement
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…
Understanding penalty charges
In England, patients pay for their NHS prescriptions and NHS dental treatment. This is an important source of funding for the NHS.
Each year, the NHS loses significant funds due to people claiming free prescriptions or dental treatment they weren’t…
User guides
Guides to get you started
ePACT2 User Guide - Quick Start (PDF: 740KB)ePACT2 User Guide - Accessing and Using Dashboards and Pre-built Reports (PDF: 2.1MB)
Guides by organisation type
Groups of guides to aid you in getting the most from ePACT2…
Support and guidance for practices regarding DCR in England up to 31 March 2022
When a dental practice joined the programme, a contract variation was signed by both the practice and NHS England. There were 2 different contract variation notices:
Standard General Dental Services (GDS) Contract Variation Notice for…
Prescribing monitoring document (PMD)
Access to PMD for:
registered users is through ePACT2
public users is through Catalyst - for national PMD report
PMD provides monthly financial information about prescribing costs against budgets. This allows the drugs element of unified…