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Pharmacy owners should be aware that the Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways band assignments and monthly caps for June 2025 are published on the NHSBSA website. Information for all future months will be published here. The list published by NHSBSA indicates the band assignment and monthly cap for each pharmacy by ODS code. If a pharmacy [...]

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On Monday 31st March 2025, the details of the contractual settlement for 2025/26 were announced, which included a continuation of the Pharmacy First service, including clinical pathways consultations. As part of this continuation, the capping methodology put in place during the second half of 2024/25 was also carried over into the 2025/26 arrangements. This means that [...]

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Pharmacy owners should be aware that the Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways band assignments and monthly caps for May 2025 are published on the NHSBSA website. Information for all future months will be published here. The list published by NHSBSA indicates the band assignment and monthly cap for each pharmacy by ODS code. If a pharmacy [...]

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In discussions with DHSC, Community Pharmacy England has agreed a mechanism to allow pharmacy owners to receive the 19p Single Activity Fee (SAF) increase sooner for dispensing months of April 2025 and May 2025. The advanced payments for these dispensing months will be adjusted to incorporate the uplift to the SAF. No adjustment to advance [...]

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On Monday 31st March 2025, the details of the contractual settlement for 2025/26 were announced, which included changes to funding arrangements. This news story addresses key funding related questions that have been raised since the announcement of the settlement. Why was the deal agreed in light of the findings from the Frontier Economics analysis? The [...]

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