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The Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework screening questionnaire is live
We launched the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire for all community pharmacies in England on 28 June 2021.
Pharmacy contractors can access this year’s CPAF by logging in to the NHSBSA’s Manage Your Service (MYS…
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…
Pharmacy First - Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework
This is a message on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care
On Monday 31 March 2025, the details of the contractual settlement for 2025/26 were announced, which included changes to Pharmacy First; one of the changes announced was a…
Patient prescription charges
It's important that you sort your prescriptions into chargeable and exempt groups to make sure you get the right reimbursement.
Prescription charges and your reimbursement
When dispensing contractors send their prescription forms to us for…
Drug Tariff Part VIC – NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Contractors should note from 1 September 2023 claims for payment for the NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service should be submitted via an IT…
Drug Reimbursement - Riluzole and Rilutek
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have clarified that for Riluzole 50mg tablets (Part VIIIA Category A) and Rilutek 50mg tablets, contractors will be reimbursed the following for NHS prescriptions dispensed in January 2024…
New Catalyst Public Insight Portal released for the public
We have released a new portal for public users - 'Catalyst - Public Insight Portal'.
This allows users to view prescribing reports which are currently available via Information Services Portal (ISP).
The first reports to be migrated into Catalyst…
Drug Tariff update: Sodium bicarbonate 8.4% (1mmol/ml) solution for injection 100ml bottles
In the November 2020 Drug Tariff the following product should be shown as:
Sodium bicarbonate 8.4% (1mmol/ml) solution for injection 100ml bottles 10 pack – basic price 10000p
and not as per the published Drug Tariff.
Drug Tariff update - Fludroxycortide 4microgram/square cm tape 7.5cm
The Department of Health and Social Care has retrospectively determined for December 2020 to February 2021:
prescriptions for Fludroxycortide 4microgram/square cm tape 7.5cm (20cm) will be reimbursed at £13.67 (instead of £9.26)
the addition of…
NHS Smoking Cessation Service Pilot – Support for Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) screening
This pilot service follows on from the Smoking Cessation Transfer of Care pilots and the introduction of the NHS Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) into the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF).
It will test a referral pathway from NHS TLHC…