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This is a message on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care On Monday 31 March 2025, the details of the contractual settlement for 2025/26 were announced, which included changes to Pharmacy First; one of the changes announced was a…

Detailed Prescribing Information (DPI), available through the Information Services Portal, has now been decommissioned.  The prescribing data will now only be available as the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) available through our Open Data Portal…

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…

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…

The API specification and testing guide for the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service have been updated to allow for the inclusion of supplies of oral emergency contraception. NHS Business Services Authority Contraception API specification. NHS…

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.