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New Medicine Service (NMS) – Drug Lists
NMS medicines
NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) has released a New Medicine Service updated service specification to be used from 1 September 2021:
Advanced Service Specification – NHS New Medicine Service (NMS) [PDF: 245KB]As outlined in Part…
Drug Tariff update – Macrogol 3350 oral powder 8.5g sachets sugar free
In the October 2020 Drug Tariff, the following product should be shown as
Macrogol 3350 oral powder 8.5g sachets sugar free 28 sachet – basic price 3985p
and not as per the published Drug Tariff.
Detailed Prescribing Information - has been decommissioned
Detailed Prescribing Information (DPI), available through the Information Services Portal, has now been decommissioned.
The prescribing data will now only be available as the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) available through our Open Data Portal…
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 …
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Electronic Drug Tariff July 2025
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Electronic Drug Tariff June 2025
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Electronic Drug Tariff May 2025
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Pharmacy payment timetable
From November 2021 (for October 2021 prescriptions), a new advance payment timetable has been introduced for all pharmacy contractors. This means contractors will receive payment approximately 20 days earlier in comparison to the previous payment…
Expansion of the NMS and CPSIVAS Determinations
The following are announcements on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC):
Expansion of the NHS New Medicine Service
Amended Directions for the expanded New Medicine Service (NMS) and a new Determination for the service have…
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…
Reimbursement of Covid-19 costs incurred by pharmacy contractors – appeals process
In summer 2021 pharmacy contractors could claim for specific categories of Covid-19 related costs incurred between 1 March 2020 and 31 March 2021 in the delivery of NHS pharmaceutical services. Further information has been added to the Drug Tariff…
Community Pharmacy Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service
The Directions for the Community Pharmacy Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service have been extended until 31st March 2023. Contractors should note that the determination is retrospective and it is backdated to 1st April 2022, therefore contractors are…