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The NHS Discharge Medicines Service (NHS DMS) is a new essential service for community pharmacy contractors. As an essential service, it must be provided by all community pharmacy contractors. The service has been established to:   ensure…

As with previous flu seasons, 2023/24 flu reimbursement claims are expected to be reviewed. This means you might get asked to submit information to support your reimbursement claims. Throughout the flu season you should keep records of the vaccines…

It’s been a few months since we introduced the final system changes to automate the AW171 process. You now no longer need to send us the AW171 form to trigger a review of the pension in payment and determine whether a revised pension is appropriate…

If you need a replacement for a lost or broken NHS denture, bridge or orthodontic appliance, your dental practice will charge you. The current charge is £98.00 per appliance. You will have to pay the NHS charge even if you normally qualify for…

Tax Credit payments made by HMRC ended on 5 April 2025 People receiving tax credits were moved to Universal Credit. After your tax credits were stopped, you must meet the Universal Credit conditions to be entitled to full help with health costs.…

GMP is the least amount you’ll get from your pension scheme by law if you worked between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997. How GMP affects you If you worked between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997, you would have been contracted out of the State…

Our current performance   The table below shows our recent monthly performance for pension award processing: Month Number of awards due to be paid in month (our target) Number of awards cleared within the month (…

It’s important to let us know straight away if your circumstances change as this may affect the amount of Social Work Bursary (SWB) you're entitled to. If you’ve been overpaid, we’ll tell you about repayment options. If you're due more, we’ll add…

We use high speed scanners and intelligent character recognition software to read the information we need to pay you, including: quantity strength presentation patient exemption information We reimburse and remunerate contractors in line…

If you're claiming free prescriptions or dental treatment, do not assume you're automatically covered. Always check before you claim. Free prescriptions You're only entitled to claim if you meet the requirements:  Age You’re entitled to free…