Monthly Archives: April 2025

NHS England has announced that GP Connect Access Record: Structured is being rolled out to hundreds of community pharmacies. This functionality enables pharmacies to view real-time, read-only information from patient records held by GP practices, supporting timely and informed care. The rollout is being coordinated by the four assured Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) IT [...]

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In response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of Estradot® 25micrograms/24hours patches, a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) has been issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Effective today 3rd April 2025, SSP082, provides that for every Estradot® 25micrograms/24hours patch originally prescribed either one Evorel® 25 patch or one Estraderm® MX [...]

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Pharmacy owners should be aware of the publication of the Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways band assignments and monthly caps for April 2025, on the NHSBSA website. The list published by NHSBSA indicates the band assignment and monthly cap for each pharmacy by F-code. If a pharmacy F-code is not included in the list, the pharmacy [...]

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The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for April 2025 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. This price list includes a margin increase of +£12.3m per quarter, as the result of the CPCF settlement announced for 2024/25 and 2025/26. Without the agreed uplifts included in the settlement, the margin adjustment would have [...]

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On Monday 31st March 2025, the details of the contractual settlement for 2025/26 were announced, which included changes to NMS. This news story focuses on the changes to the fees for the NMS and what pharmacy owners and their teams need to know. What can be claimed for? As part of the negotiations it was [...]

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