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Patient exemption checking: a guide for pharmacy teams in England
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…
Prescribing data
These reports explore trends in prescribing to help indicate the factors for growth in volume and cost of prescribing in England.
Pharmacy First June 2025
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.…
End to temporary suspension of submission of patient signatures on pharmacy, dental and eye care forms
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Since 1 November 2020 to 31 August 2021 the requirement for patient (or their representatives) signatures on NHS prescription, dental and eye care forms was…
End to temporary suspension of submission of patient signatures on pharmacy, dental and eye care forms
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Since 1 November 2020 to 31 August 2021 the requirement for patient (or their representatives) signatures on NHS prescription, dental and eye care forms was…
Prescription Cost Analysis – England 2023/24
Published 6 June 2024.
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Prescription Cost Analysis England 2023/24 - statistical summary narrative (HTML)
Summary
Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the costs and volumes of all prescriptions dispensed in the…
Prescription Cost Analysis – England 2024/25
Published 5 June 2025.
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Prescription Cost Analysis England 2024/25 - statistical summary narrative (HTML)
Summary
Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the costs and volumes of all prescriptions dispensed in the…
NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service
The NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) is a tiered pharmacy contraception service. It is designed to:
offer people greater choice where they can access contraception services from
create extra capacity in primary care and sexual health…
Drug Tariff Part VIIA Pharmacy Quality Scheme (England)
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Following the publication of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal: year 4 (2022 to 2023) and year 5 (2023 to 2024) letter to contractors on 22…
Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) – Launch of the Year 5 Scheme 2023/24
The reduced Year 5 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) PQS scheme will launch on 1 June 2023.
It will consist of one gateway criterion (NMS) and three domains (Medicines Optimisation, Respiratory and Prevention) with annual funding of £…