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The Department of Health has announced the Category M prices which will apply to prescriptions from 1st April 2017 Category M Quarter 1 - April 2017

Contractors should note the changes to Part VIIA PQS 25/26, specifically regarding the window that will be used to establish prescription volume for the purposes of banding.

Dispensing doctor payments We provide information to Primary Care Organisation payment sites so that they can make payments to dispensing doctors. The data is dispatched no later than the 15th of the month after the month we receive it. The actual…

The Local Payments Application is no longer in use Contact us if you need to organise a payment, at: contractorpayments@nhsbsa.nhs.uk​​​​ Integrated Care Boards (ICB) commission pharmacy contractors to deliver locally commissioned services. For…

The Department of Health has announced the Category M prices which will apply to prescriptions from 1 June 2016. Category M June 2016

This is a news article on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care The clinical protocols and patient group directions (PGDs) for the NHS Pharmacy First service were updated in June 2025 to include some changes to the gateway criteria.…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. From 1 October 2022 the monthly Transitional Payment paid to pharmacy contractors will change. The updated amounts for the dispensing payment and service payment are set…

From 1 April 2023 the monthly Flat Fee payment to pharmacy contractors will be introduced. The payment and conditions are set out in Drug Tariff Part VIA paragraph 5 (PDF: 63KB). 

Amended Directions for the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service (CPSIVAS) (2024/25) have been made and published. The CPSIVAS Directions apply from 1 September 2024 and will be included in the Drug Tariff from October…

The service specification and patient group directions (PGD) for the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service have been updated to allow for the inclusion of supplies of oral emergency contraception. These documents will be published by NHS England (NHSE…