Yearly Archives: 2023

/2023

Book now for our Regulatory Changes Webinar

Gordon Hockey, Director of Legal, will be hosting a PSNC webinar about upcoming changes to the Pharmaceutical Regulations on Tuesday 16th May at 7pm. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England has introduced a package of regulatory changes in response to the current pressures on community pharmacy, and calls from PSNC [...]

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VAT services exemption introduced

From this month, healthcare services carried out by pharmacy staff under the supervision of pharmacists have become exempt from VAT. This is something that PSNC has been seeking Government agreement on for a long time, including in recent CPCF negotiations. HM Revenue and Customs has issued a note detailing the change to the VAT treatment [...]

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NHS Prescription Services ‘Hints & Tips’ – Issue 51

NHS Prescription Services produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 51) contains some useful information and advice on: Patients claiming free NHS prescriptions Real Time Exemption Checking Submitting EPS tokens to the NHSBSA Submitting Accounts to Scanning Sites HRT PPC Disallowed Items New Medicine Service PPV To [...]

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April 2023 Price Concessions Final Update

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (28/04/2023) granted the following final list of price concessions for April 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 100 £3.46 Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £3.29 Baclofen 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 300 £5.99 Benzoyl peroxide 5% / Clindamycin 1% [...]

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Contractor reminder: Transitional Payments set to zero from February

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) determined that from February 2023 onwards, Transitional Payments would be set to zero. This is reflected in the February Schedule of Payments received by contractors this month. In discussions with DHSC, PSNC had rejected the change to the Transitional Payments on the grounds that any further reductions [...]

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