Over 7,200 community pharmacy contractors have made their PQS declaration; have you made your declaration yet? Community pharmacy contractors are reminded that they have until 11.59pm on Wednesday (2nd March 2022) to make their Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2021/22 declaration as the window for claiming this payment will then close. When making a PQS declaration...
To secure access to earlier advance payments on 10 March 2022, contractors must submit their claims for NHS pharmaceutical services delivered in February 2022 by submitting their FP34Cs through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal no later than 5 March 2022. Once the FP34C is submitted electronically, contractors should print their completed submission document from...
From March 2022, the Drug Tariff will include a new section, Part VIIID, which sets out payment arrangements for specials and imported unlicensed medicines (mainly unlicensed tablets and capsules) to be paid relative to a commonly identified pack size. 47 specials with different formulations are listed in Part VIIID of the March 2022 Drug Tariff. ...
In response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of Salazopyrin EN-Tabs, Ministers have authorised the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to reactivate SSP014 for Salazopyrin® EN-Tabs 500mg. Effective today, 28 February 2022, SSP014 provides that for every Salazopyrin® EN-Tabs 500mg tablet originally prescribed, one Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant (GR) tablet must be supplied. SSP014, authorised by the Secretary of State, has been...
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has published a spreadsheet from ESPAUR showing the number of antibiotic checklists that have been submitted via the portal application for each community pharmacy contractor; submitting this data is one of the requirements of the Prevention domain of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS). To meet this requirement, contractors are...
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