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The Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service) will continue to be commissioned as an Advanced service through 2025/26. NHS England has also confirmed the fee for provision of the service will increase to £4.10 + VAT from 1st April 2025, following a request from Community Pharmacy [...]

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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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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (31/03/2025) announced the following final list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Ascorbic acid 500mg tablets 28 £36.08 Captopril 50mg tablets 56 £23.50 [...]

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The Independent, BBC News, Daily Mail, GOV.UK, Evening Standard, ITV News, The Guardian, Express and Star, The Mirror, The Telegraph, Sky News, GB News, The Sun, PA Media  Following the announcement of Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) arrangements for 2024/15 and 2025/26, we shared the following comment with the national press: Community Pharmacy England Chief [...]

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Community Pharmacy England would like to remind pharmacy teams of the Appliances to be deleted from Part IX of the April Drug Tariff. Any NHS prescriptions for the following appliances dispensed from April will be disallowed by the NHSBSA. Product Additional information (size, product code etc) APPLIANCES – CATHETERS, URINARY, URETHRAL – Foley Catheter – [...]

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