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March 2018 - Medicines Optimisation Dashboard Available
March 2018 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available.
Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a…
September 2018 - Medicines Optimisation Dashboard Available
Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a range of data relating to variation in medicines use and…
Category M price and Single Activity Fee update
Changes to the Single Activity Fee and the Category M reimbursement prices in Part VIII in the August Drug Tariff.
Category M reimbursement prices are being amended from 1 August 2019. This is outside of the usual three monthly cycle, in which…
Changes to sorting requirements and new FP34C forms
The following is an announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC):
The increased uptake of electronic prescriptions has resulted in a significant reduction of paper prescription submissions. Approximately 5% of the prescriptions…
SNOMED codes for drugs covered by the Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC)
We've produced a document to provide GP IT suppliers with a list of the corresponding SNOMED codes for the HRT drugs which should be automatically placed on a separate prescription. A formal list of drugs covered by the HRT PPC is available in the …
Private controlled drugs
You need to use the correct submission document when submitting private controlled drugs.
Use the FP34PCD form to submit:
FP10PCD private prescriptions for controlled drugs (CD)
FP10CDF requisition forms
Complete and submit one FP34PCD…
Drug Tariff Part VIC – Advanced Services – April 2023
From 1 April 2023 there will be amendments to Part VIC of the Drug Tariff to align with recent changes to service specifications for Advanced Services.
From 1 April 2023 pharmacy technicians will be able to perform blood pressure checks as part of…
Help your patients understand how their prescription information is used and protected
A new data privacy law will be introduced in the UK in May 2018. As a result, we’ve published a new privacy notice to make it easier for patients to find out how the NHS Business Services Authority uses and protects their prescription information.…
EPS events
Sessions will include:
how to increase the use of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
how to improve patient experience with EPS
what you find difficult with EPS
how we can help you maximise your use of EPS, and the benefits of EPS.
EPS…
Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2020/21 Part 2 - Primary Care Network prevention domain
The following is an announcement on behalf of DHSC:
As outlined in Part VIIA of the Drug Tariff in Table 2 “PQS 2020/21 Part 2 domains” under the Primary Care Network prevention domain, the lower and upper threshold and the points available along…