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From 1 March 2024, the monthly Flat Fee Payment paid to pharmacy contractors will be set at zero. In accordance with the standard payment schedules, this change will be reflected in payments made from June 2024. This is reflected in the Part VIA…

Queries regarding the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework Please contact pharmacysupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk with any queries regarding the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF). Background NHS England and delegated Integrated Care Boards…

We produce electronic payment schedule data called 'electronic FP34 data'. Contractors can use this instead of receiving a paper copy. This is not a like-for-like replacement of the paper version. You'll need to develop your own IT solution to…

From 1 February 2023 the monthly Transitional Payment paid to pharmacy contractors will be set at zero. In accordance with the standard payment schedules, this change will be reflected in payments made from April 2023. This change will be…

From 1 April 2023 there will be amendments to Part VIC of the Drug Tariff to align with recent changes to service specifications for Advanced Services. From 1 April 2023 pharmacy technicians will be able to perform blood pressure checks as part of…

The following text has been removed from the September 2015 Drug Tariff: Additional fee for March 2015 for pharmacy contractors In the month of March 2015 only, pharmacy contractors (England and Wales) will receive an additional fee. This fee is…

Contractors should note the changes to Part VIIA PQS 25/26, specifically regarding the window that will be used to establish prescription volume for the purposes of banding.

The service specification and patient group directions (PGD) for the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service have been updated to allow for the inclusion of supplies of oral emergency contraception. These documents will be published by NHS England (NHSE…

The following parts of the Drug Tariff have been updated to include details from the 2025/26 deal for contractors – further details are included in the Letter to Contractors. Part I – Changes to the Payment Timetable to include earlier fee payments…

The ‘One Drug Database’ project is underway, which will move all of our drug data into one place. This will provide a consistent, single source of information. For years, we’ve had two sources of drug data – Master Data Replacement (MDR) for…