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The minimum number of Pharmacy First Clinical Pathway consultations required to be delivered during August 2024, to secure the fixed payment has been reduced from 20 to 15. This is reflected in Table 2, page 75 of the redetermination of Part VIC.

Contractors should note the minimum number of Pharmacy First Clinical Pathway consultations required to be delivered to secure the monthly fixed payment has changed from November 2024.   The following thresholds have been agreed: November – 20…

Dispensing doctor payments We provide information to Primary Care Organisation payment sites so that they can make payments to dispensing doctors. The data is dispatched no later than the 15th of the month after the month we receive it. The actual…

From 1 April 2023 the monthly Flat Fee payment to pharmacy contractors will be introduced. The payment and conditions are set out in Drug Tariff Part VIA paragraph 5 (PDF: 63KB). 

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…

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 £…

Since February 2024, a licensed version of Azathioprine 50mg/5ml oral suspension became available. Therefore, for prescriptions dispensed in February and March 2024: where there is an endorsement for the licensed product, then reimbursement will…

ICB restructure July 2022 From 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have replaced Strategic Information Partnerships (STPs). Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are now Sub-ICB Locations (SICBLs). You can find more information about these…

The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Assembly of Wales have retrospectively determined that the reimbursement prices for the following items will be: glyceryl trinitrate 400micrograms/dose aerosol sublingual spray (180 dose…

Drug Tariff Part VIIA: Quality Payments Scheme (England): Correction Contractors should be made aware that paragraph 2.1 of Part VIIA in the October Drug Tariff should read: “There will be one review on 15 February 2019, at which quality payments…