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Adjustments are being made to Category M prices from August, despite clear opposition from Community Pharmacy England. The Department of Health and Social Care made an error in the calculation of July 2024 Category M prices and informed Community Pharmacy England that they intend to make reductions in the August Drug Tariff. Community Pharmacy England [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has announced that a retrospective top-up payment system for price concession lines will be implemented from April 2024. Community Pharmacy England has been working with DHSC to develop a package of measures to improve the price concession system. [...]

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The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for January 2024 has been published by DHSC on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. Based on our analysis of the Category M price list for January 2024, Community Pharmacy England estimates: There will be an overall reduction to reimbursement of approximately £35m per quarter on like-for-like Category M [...]

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The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for October 2023 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. At the end of Q4 2022/23 there remains an over delivery of medicine margin. The October Category M pricelist includes: Adjustments for underlying market price movements in the reference period April-June 2023. Of particular note is [...]

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The Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for July 2023 has been published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) website. The July Category M prices reflect an increase in reimbursement levels of approximately £5m per quarter. This is the net effect of 2 elements; an adjustment of -£23.8m, in light of the results of the [...]

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