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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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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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The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for January 2025 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. Based on our analysis of the Category M price list for January 2025, Community Pharmacy England estimates there will be an overall reduction in reimbursement of approximately -£34m per quarter, resulting from the combination of: A [...]

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