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Programme budget categories (PBC)
Access to PBC for:
registered users is through ePACT2
public users is through Catalyst
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has set up a national programme budget project to develop a primary source of information.
This can be…
Volume and cost of prescribing charts
These charts are updated each month and show up to five years' data.
They show the:
number and cost of items
number of items declared by pharmacy contractors
Number of items declared by pharmacy contractors in England
At the end of each…
Drug Tariff Part VIC – Advanced Services – September 2023
New amended directions for the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service (CPSIVAS) 2023/24 have been made and published.
An updated determination has also been published in the September Drug Tariff.
The CPSIVAS Directions…
Premium-priced generics
There’s an increasing volume of computerised prescriptions each month where the prescriber has prescribed a generic Drug Tariff Part VIIIA product but also with the name of the branded product or the supplier/ manufacturer added in brackets.
In…
2022 PhAS Review – application window
The 2022 PhAS started on 1 January 2022 with payments for the 2022 PhAS made with the reconciliation payment from 1 April 2022.
Contractors can apply for review of their PhAS eligibility as set out in the Pharmacy Access Scheme guidance. The review…
Sorting your FP10s
You should sort your FP10 prescriptions in line with the guidance shown on the FP34 submission document.
Using the red separator when submitting your prescription forms for payment ensures that forms including certain items will be subject to an…
NHS Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments
The NHS LFD tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments started on 6 November 2023.
Aims of the service
To offer eligible at-risk patients access to LFD tests to enable testing at home for COVID-19, if they…
Universal electronic prescriptions could save NHS £300m in next three years
Prescription processing is to become digital by default as the final phase of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is rolled out across the country.
The latest improvement to EPS - known as Phase 4 - allows prescriptions for all patients to be…
Category A changes
Further to the consultation on reimbursement reforms (consultation response can be found here: Community pharmacy drug reimbursement reform: consultation response - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and further consultation with Community Pharmacy England (CPE),…