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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…

Authorised signatories within Hospital Trusts must inform us of hospital: ePACT codes for prescribing purposes cost centres prescribers within their organisation Additions, deletions and changes to organisational and prescriber data need to…

A commissioner of health services, such as an Integrated Care Board (ICB) or a local authority, may award contracts to a range of service providers. These providers can include organisations from the independent sector known as Independent Sector…

A Local Authority commissioning a public health service must determine whether the service will provide medicines and appliances to patients using FP10 prescriptions. The Local Authority will be responsible for the cost of FP10 prescriptions issued…

A new Drug Tariff determination has been made for Thursday 1 May 2025, to Part II and Part VIIIC to reflect that pharmacy contractors may have centrally secured stock of Nirmatrelvir 150mg tablets and Ritonavir 100mg tablets (Paxlovid 150mg/100mg…

We hold regular webinars and open days for prescribing and dispensing contractors on topics ranging from endorsing and referred backs to batch submissions and switching.   Online sessions last approximately 60 minutes.  In-person open days take…

The NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) is a dictionary of descriptions and codes which cover product information about medicines and devices in use across the NHS. It is the recognised NHS standard (SCCI0052) for uniquely identifying…

Do not use the contact details on this page for routine enquiries​​​​​ For initial and routine enquiries, email us at dmdenquiries@nhsbsa.nhs.uk, or use the specific email addresses listed under the Contact us section of the dm+d homepage. You…