Monthly Archives: December 2024

The ability of pharmacy owners to achieve the thresholds for the monthly Pharmacy First payment has been an ongoing topic of concern for pharmacy owners and Community Pharmacy England since the service launched. Following our representations to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England, amendments have been made on three occasions [...]

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With New Year’s Day (1 January 2025) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 January 2025, to submit their December FP34Cs using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing division [...]

The post Extended FP34C submission deadline for prescriptions dispensed in December 2024 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Community Pharmacy England on behalf of pharmacy owners made further applications to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), resulting in a further 8 new products being added to the ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) list from 1 January 2025. This takes the total [...]

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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (23/12/2024) announced the following final list of price concessions for December 2024: 30/12/2024: Please note this is the final list for December 2024. Drug Pack size Price concession [...]

The post December 2024 Price Concessions 4th and Final Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.