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Digital prescription prepayment certificate uptake hits £1m mark
The number of customers applying online for a prescription prepayment certificate (PPC) has hit the one million mark, saving more than £390,000 for the NHS so far.
A PPC lets the holder get as many NHS prescriptions as they need for a set price. If…
Drug Tariff update - Fludroxycortide 4microgram/square cm tape 7.5cm
The Department of Health and Social Care has retrospectively determined for December 2020 to February 2021:
prescriptions for Fludroxycortide 4microgram/square cm tape 7.5cm (20cm) will be reimbursed at £13.67 (instead of £9.26)
the addition of…
NHS Pension contributions remittances
For those Employing Authorities who do not utilise or have not onboarded the Making Contribution Payments (MCP) or (Pensions Online) POL platforms we would like to remind you to include a payment remittance when submitting your contribution payments…
Drug Tariff
Can manufacturers and distributors currently supplying trusses (particularly via FP10 prescriptions) within Primary Care in England and Wales please email: pixie@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
You should state in the email the specific truss types that you…
End of Year Certificate 2018-19
This only applies to Independent Provider and New Fair Deal employers. The certificates will be available for the financial year 2018-19 in early July and employers will be emailed directly regarding this. The certificates will also be available…
Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS): Erroneous emails from ESPAUR sent out to some pharmacy contractors regarding the antibiotic checklists
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care:
ESPAUR identified that they sent out an erroneous email last week to certain pharmacy contractors. This email was sent to contractors who, according to ESPAUR’s records…
About NHS Volunteering
NHS Volunteering is the official volunteering website for the NHS in England. The website is free to use and is being delivered on behalf of NHS England by the NHS Business Services Authority.
The site is a 'find and apply' service, supporting the…
Changes to how you can submit a scheme pays election if you are about to retire
If you have an annual allowance charge you can either pay the charge directly to HMRC yourself or share the responsibility for the payment with the NHS Pension Scheme using the scheme pays facility.
This is known as a scheme pays election. The NHS…
NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rates 2022/23
The NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rate increased on 1 April 2019 from 14.3% to 20.6%, plus the employer levy of 0.08%.
In March 2019 the consultation response announcing the rise, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) confirmed…
Reimbursement of Covid-19 costs incurred by pharmacy contractors – appeals process
In summer 2021 pharmacy contractors could claim for specific categories of Covid-19 related costs incurred between 1 March 2020 and 31 March 2021 in the delivery of NHS pharmaceutical services. Further information has been added to the Drug Tariff…