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Updates to November 2020 Drug Tariff
Priadel 200mg/400mg modified release tablets
The Department of Health and Social Care has retrospectively determined that prescriptions for Priadel 200mg modified-release tablets will be reimbursed at the price of £7.50 and Priadel 400mg modified-…
Extension of temporary suspension of the need for signatures on prescriptions, dental and ophthalmic forms
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has approved an extension to an existing temporary measure in England to help limit the transmission of…
Prescribing budgets
ICBs are responsible for setting a prescribing budget against each GP practice within their organisation.
Annual prescribing budgets
Following the completion of March’s prescribing data, NHS Prescription Services will send an annual prescribing…
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…
FP34C submission to move to MYS in April
From April (for prescriptions dispensed in March 2022) all pharmacy contractors must submit their FP34C through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal.
The change was announced in the September 2021 Drug Tariff. It means that, from April (for…
Hospital/Foundation Trusts
Authorised signatories within Hospital Trusts must inform us of hospital:
ePACT codes for prescribing purposes
cost centres
prescribers within their organisation
Additions, deletions and changes to organisational and prescriber data need to…
November 2023 Reimbursement Price Changes
The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Assembly of Wales has confirmed that the following products in Part VIIIA of the Drug Tariff have had their reimbursement prices redetermined for November 2023 to reflect an increase in their…
Drug Tariff update – Naltrexone 50mg tablets
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have re-determined that the reimbursement price for the following Category A product will be £82.15 (instead of £774.23 as currently set out in July’s Drug Tariff):
Naltrexone 50mg tablets (28)…
Late price changes applied to some AAH products
AAH has notified the NHSBSA that the price changes shown below will apply to their products with effect from 1 October 2016. Prescriptions dispensed from October 2016 onwards will be processed taking these price changes into account.…
Contractor warning: unsolicited calls claiming to be from the NHSBSA
Unfortunately some pharmacists have let us know that they’ve recently been contacted by someone claiming to be from 'the NHSBSA', ‘the PPA’ or ‘Prescription Services’. The caller says that the pharmacist needs to provide their bank details so they…