The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its response to the 2019 consultation on community pharmacy drug reimbursement reform. The response paves the way for DHSC to move to the second phase of the consultation with PSNC with a view to implement the reforms on the following eight proposals for: Changes to...
The Provider Assurance team, part of the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), has started undertaking a review of Out of Pocket (OOP) expense claims. The review, commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I), covers OOP expense claims submitted by contractors over two periods, between February 2019 – January 2020, and February 2020 – January...
From November 2021, all community pharmacy contractors will have the chance to receive earlier advance payments, following agreement between PSNC and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Advance payments will be made approximately 20 days earlier than the current payment timetable for contractor who make their monthly FP34C submissions through the Manage Your...
The deadline for claiming the £300 engagement and set up payment for the GP Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (GP CPCS) has been extended until 11.59pm on Wednesday 7th July 2021. This follows reports that some community pharmacy contractors experienced difficulties submitting a claim for this payment on the NHS Business Services Authority’s (NHSBSA) Manage Your...
Contractors signed up to the Pharmacy Earlier Payments Scheme (PEPS) will have received their payments on 1 March directly from the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) instead of the finance company Greensill Capital. Contractors have been rightly concerned by the recent news reports regarding Greensill: given the more general parlous state of community pharmacy funding,...
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