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Introduction of NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service and Updates to the Community Pharmacy Covid-19 Lateral Flow Device Distribution Service
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service
New Secretary of State Directions 7BG and 7BH of the 2013 Direction (PDF: 212KB) published today, 30 …
Endorsement guidance
Your endorsement of NHS prescriptions plays a vital role in making sure we have the correct information for reimbursement and remuneration.
Electronic Prescription Service Guidance for Endorsement (PDF: 526KB)
NCSO endorsements
No NCSO…
Drug Tariff Part IX information
The NHSBSA supports its staff to work in a hybrid home/office way. Part IX applications are most efficiently processed when they are submitted using email and we strongly encourage applicants to do this. Failure to do so may result in the…
How we process prescriptions
We use high speed scanners and intelligent character recognition software to read the information we need to pay you, including:
quantity
strength
presentation
patient exemption information
We reimburse and remunerate contractors in line…
NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service
The NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) is a tiered pharmacy contraception service. It is designed to:
offer people greater choice where they can access contraception services from
create extra capacity in primary care and sexual health…
Pharmacy Access Scheme
Data used in Pharmacy Access Scheme calculations (1 December 2016 to 31 March 2018).
The Pharmacy Access Scheme forms part of the changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework announced by the Department of Health & Social Care on 20…
Submitting EPS claims for reimbursement
Electronic submission of prescriptions for reimbursement
EPS (release 2) allows pharmacies to electronically submit patients’ prescriptions to us for reimbursement.
The information is provided to us using the dm+d code and contractors can make…
Release of dm+d files
dm+d and its supporting files and information are released through TRUD (Technology Reference Update Distribution). TRUD is hosted by NHS England and provides the distribution and licensing mechanism for NHS terminologies (including dm+d).
For…
Accessing government supplied flu vaccines
GP practices in England can access flu vaccines that the government has secured.
2020-21 flu season
Access to government-secured flu stock in 2020-21 included a requirement for GP practices to engage in a post payment review of reimbursement…
How to avoid refer backs
We have noticed a rise in items being referred back to contractors for the reason ‘The order/endorsement is incomplete. The presentation must be present.’ The reason code for this is RB2B and is most common with handwritten prescriptions.
If you…