The Drug Tariff Preface published monthly, lists additions, deletions and other changes to products listed in the Drug Tariff. Below is a summary of the changes coming into effect from 1 May 2025. PART IIIA – Professional fees (pharmacy contractors) Contractors should note the English Pharmacy Contractor Single Activity Fee has changed from £1.27 to £1.46. This was [...]
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Following the recent rollout of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in detained estates (HM Prisons), NHS England has identified an issue where the patient’s nominated pharmacy details are being populated in the ‘Pharmacy Stamp Area’ of paper FP10 prescriptions and EPS tokens generated by prescribers (including tokens for non-nominated EPS prescriptions). This section would usually be [...]
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Further information and details about margin delivery have been released to help explain the arrangements in a clearer way. Funding arrangements for community pharmacies, particularly the processes around delivery of retained margin, are not straightforward and it can be difficult for pharmacy owners to predict the impact of any changes on their businesses. Since the [...]
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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Brilique 90mg tablets (G Pharma Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/18 Date issued: 24 April 2025 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Brilique 90mg tablets (G Pharma Ltd) as G Pharma Ltd have informed the MHRA that there is [...]
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As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video on prescription switching. For the end-of-month submission, pharmacy teams are required to sort paper prescriptions into paid and exempt groups. Prescription switching occurs when an FP10 paper prescription is submitted in the wrong charge [...]
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