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Activities we carry out  Provider Assurance Pharmaceutical Services supports NHS pharmacy contractors to submit accurate claims for services, including:  New Medicine Service (NMS) reviews Vaccine services Appliance Use Reviews (AURs) - see …

About the scheme  The Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) forms part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). PQS is designed to support delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and reward community pharmacies that deliver quality criteria in…

Activities we carry out We support GPs, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and Health Innovation Networks with the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD): EPS We're working with partner…

Activities we carry out The Provider Assurance Dental (PAD) team undertake contract and performance management activities on behalf of regional teams, reducing the burden on them. Regional teams retain decision-making authority with a light-touch…

Contact details by region and ICBs: East of England Email hweicbhv.optical@nhs.net for: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Hertfordshire and West Essex Mid and South Essex Norfolk and Waveney Suffolk and…

Our response times are currently slower than usual We’re currently experiencing an unprecedented number of contractual requests, so our response times may be slower than usual. We apologise for any inconvenience. We'll write to you confirming we'…

In March 2017 NHS England’s Office of Chief Dental Officer England published Commissioning Dental Services: Service standards for Conscious Sedation in a primary care setting. The document set out the requirements for a contractor who offers care…

Activities we carry out We work on behalf of NHS England (NHSE) on the following tasks: annual general ophthalmic services (GOS) complaints GOS 4 pre-authorisation GOS contract management - visit our dedicated contract management page post-…

Members of our team Paul Gray, Head of Dental Services and Clinical Policy Paul comes from a primary care dental background, having worked for 13 years in the NHS as a General Dental Practitioner. He has worked for our organisation since 1999.…

Each quarter, we will select a sample of GOS Contractors to take part in a PPV exercise. If you are selected, we will check a sample of your GOS submissions against clinical evidence. This will provide assurance to NHS England that claims are being…