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This pilot will evaluate the implementation of direct referrals by Community Pharmacy to secondary care for people with suspected cancer signs and symptoms. It will start by focusing on testing safety and technical feasibility with a small number of…

This is a news article on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care The clinical protocols and patient group directions (PGDs) for the NHS Pharmacy First service were updated in June 2025 to include some changes to the gateway criteria.…

The PFS will be a new advanced service that will replace the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS). The full service will consist of three elements: Pharmacy First (clinical pathways) – new element Pharmacy First (urgent repeat…

The service, which launched on 31 January 2024, allows community pharmacies to offer advice to patients and supply NHS medicines (where clinically appropriate) to treat 7 common health conditions (clinical pathways) without a prescription from a GP…

 Updates to the Drug Tariff Check to see if there are any updates to the published Drug Tariff each month. July 2025 Drug Tariff News - July Part VIIIA reimbursement prices (issued 18 July) The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed…

GP data request report Our GP data request report shows how many GP practices have requested NHS numbers from us. The report also shows the current levels of EPS and eRD utilisation for each practice.  You can filter the report by ICB and Health…

dm+d and its supporting files and information are released through TRUD (Technology Reference Update Distribution). TRUD is hosted by NHS England and provides the distribution and licensing mechanism for NHS terminologies (including dm+d).  For…