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Drug Tariff Part VIIA Pharmacy Quality Scheme (England)
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…
Pensions Online (POL) contribution rates and closing employments
From 1 October 2022 changes are being made to the contribution tiers and rates for members. As a consequence of these changes being implemented mid-year, it is necessary for Pensions Online (POL) to display both sets of contribution rates. The rates…
Suspension of some Compass functions between 17 and 24 October 2022
The Department of Health and Social Care recently announced that the amount members will pay towards their NHS Pension is changing.
To allow us to implement the changes to the NHS Pension Scheme contribution tiers, the following Compass functions…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime for October and November
POL will be available throughout October and November between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 23 October
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October
Sunday 20 November
If…
Member contribution changes on GP forms
To coincide with the changes to member contribution rates from the 1 October 2022, we have published a number of new GP forms for use from the 1 October. These include:
GP Locum Form A – for use from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023
GP Locum Form…
Escalation processes
The Stakeholder Engagement Team email account is only to be used for escalations of serious ill health cases. For all other escalations, please contact the employers email account or helpline in the first instance.
If they are not able to resolve…
Department of Health and Social Care announces extension of retire and return easements
Following a public consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced a further extension to retire and return easements beyond the current 31 October 2022 expiry date, through temporary amendments to NHS Pension Scheme regulations…
Process reminder for pensionable pay on retirements
There has been an increase in queries from employers relating to pensionable pay for 1995 Section members. We want to provide a better understanding for you of how our processes work for awards and sub awards and help alleviate some your concerns.…
What to include in the red separator
Use the red separator when submitting your prescription forms to make sure some items can be checked before we confirm your monthly payment.
Sort your FP10 prescriptions according to the guidance on your FP34 submission document and use the red…
ADQ (Average Daily Quantity) usage data
A full review of Average Daily Quantity (ADQ) values populated on our internal NHSBSA drug database has been undertaken by our Medicines Data team, due to information users querying some of the values published. This review was conducted using the…