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ePACT2: Antimicrobial Stewardship – Pharmacy First Dashboard
Combatting antimicrobial resistance, the UK’s second five-year national action plan continues to promote optimal use of antimicrobials in humans to ensure safe and effective patient care by strengthening antimicrobial stewardship programmes. There…
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.
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…
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.…
Prescription Cost Analysis – England 2023/24
Published 6 June 2024.
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Prescription Cost Analysis England 2023/24 - statistical summary narrative (HTML)
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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)
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Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the costs and volumes of all prescriptions dispensed in the…
Electronic repeat dispensing (eRD)
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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…
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…