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Part VIC Redetermination (PDF: 286KB) From 1 December 2023, the NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service will relaunch and the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) will expand to include the initiation of oral…

Information on schemes, services and payments for dispensing contractors.

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…

The minimum number of Pharmacy First Clinical Pathway consultations required to be delivered during August 2024, to secure the fixed payment has been reduced from 20 to 15. This is reflected in Table 2, page 75 of the redetermination of Part VIC.

Contractors should note the minimum number of Pharmacy First Clinical Pathway consultations required to be delivered to secure the monthly fixed payment has changed from November 2024.   The following thresholds have been agreed: November – 20…

The NHSBSA, NHS England and PSNC have agreed a briefing about the post-payment verification of payments to pharmacy contractors for provision of the MUR service. The NHSBSA will begin this work in October and will be requesting evidence from a…

  This is a news article on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care From October 2025, there will be changes to the Pharmacy First Service, Pharmacy Contraception Service and the New Medicine Service. These changes, together with…

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…

This is a news article on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care The clinical protocols and patient group directions (PGDs) for the NHS Pharmacy First service were updated in June 2025 to include some changes to the gateway criteria.…

Jump to: What eRD is and how it helps GP practices Electronic repeat dispensing (eRD) is an optional NHS prescribing system that helps GP practices manage repeat prescriptions more efficiently. Since 2009, this electronic prescribing method…