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Full details of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2025/26 are now available on our PQS hub page following the announcement on the arrangements for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) in 2024/25 and 2025/26 earlier today (31st March 2025). View the PQS 2025/26 hub page The 2025/26 PQS has £30 million funding available and officially [...]

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New wording will be added to Part VIC of the February 2025 Drug Tariff to advise that where claims are submitted for Pharmacy First and the data provided indicates the service was not provided in accordance with the appropriate Patient Group Direction (PGD) or service specification, the payments may be withheld by the NHS Business [...]

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A new provision has been agreed from February 2025 which provides pharmacy owners with a longer time period to claim for provision of certain services if IT issues outside of a pharmacy owner’s control have prevented them from making a claim within the required time period. This new provision applies to the following services: Hypertension [...]

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This is the tenth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. Remote Pharmacy First consultations can be provided by a pharmacist who is not present on [...]

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This is the ninth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. If I receive a message that my Pharmacy First IT system cannot send an automated [...]

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