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ePACT2: Missing Scottish dispensing data
Prescription data for items prescribed in England and dispensed in Scotland from June 2023 to June 2024 is not held in ePACT2. From July onwards the data feed into ePACT2 should have been restored.
The missing Scottish dispensing data can be found…
Drug Tariff news - May Part VIIIA reimbursement prices
The Department of Health has agreed that the May Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement prices for the following items will be:
Bumetanide 1mg tablets £2.05
Celiprolol 400mg tablets £39.65
Cimetidine 400mg tablets £19.99
Desmopressin…
Drug Tariff News - September Part VIIIA reimbursement prices
The Department of Health has agreed that the September Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement price for the following items will be:
Flecainide 50mg tablets £11.57
Lorazepam 2.5mg tablets £11.50
Ropinirole 250microgram tablets £6.05
Ropinirole…
Part time pensionable pay update
Further to an article in the January 2016 Employer Newsletter, we are continuing to consider the system changes required to ensure that the whole time equivalent pay is calculated correctly for part time staff who are in receipt of supplementary…
Letter of authority policy amendment
In order to allow a third party access to a member’s pension information, we require a letter of authority from the member. We ask that letters of authority only hold details for one individual at a time. Each member should have a separate letter of…
Estimates for members who have membership in the 1995/2008 Scheme with Protection of Pay
Following feedback from both our members and employers, we have made the decision that a member will qualify for a protection of pay estimate free of charge if they:
are over minimum pension age
intend to retire within the next 12 months.
The…
Total Reward Statements / Annual Benefit Statements
The refresh of statements for this year is going according to plan, the pension calculations completed on schedule. The data has been passed to ESR for them to carry out the match and merge, and statement upload processes.
The aim is for the 2017…
GP Practice stakeholder event
During June the Stakeholder Engagement Team visited Birmingham and hosted two events for GP Practice managers. The events focused on basic administration of the NHS Pension Scheme and consisted of various workshops throughout the day led by…
Who is eligible to be enrolled into the NHS Pension Scheme?
The Scheme is open to any NHS workers aged between 16 and 75 who are:
Directly employed by the NHS
Medical, dental and ophthalmic practitioners and trainees
General medical practice staff
Non-General Practice Providers
Individuals not…
Payments for Clinical Director duties
We have recently received a number of queries in relation to clinical director duty payments.
The regulations state that a member’s pensionable earnings are:
salary
wages
fees, and
other regular payments
made to the member in respect of…