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Prescribing for ex-offenders
Prisoners who are released from prison unexpectedly can get their medicines for free until they arrange to see their GP or register with a new GP.
They’ll need to take an FP10 or FP10MDA to the pharmacy.
Prison prescribing on FP10 and FP10MDA…
How to avoid unidentified prescribing
Unidentified prescribing occurs when the costs from a prescription cannot be matched to a prescriber at that practice or organisation. If we cannot match a prescriber to a practice, we will attribute prescribing costs to the lead prescriber at that…
Electronic repeat dispensing (eRD)
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What is eRD?
First introduced in 2009, Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) is a non-compulsory method of dispensing prescriptions electronically. It means that patients who regularly get the same medicine do not need to visit their GP…
NHS England and Wales Drug Tariff Online
The NHS England and Wales Drug Tariff was made available online only in April 2021. It is available to view 3 working days before the end of each month. In addition, all contractors are notified on the first day of its publication each month by…
Information Services Portal (ISP) reports migrating to ePACT2
NHSBSA Information Services is undergoing a major technology overhaul. Our legacy mainframe system, which feeds a number of reports currently reported through Information Services Portal (ISP) will be decommissioned by January 2019.
This means…
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…
Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service
Any community pharmacy in England can provide the service, as long as it:
has a consultation room
can procure the vaccination
can meet the data recording requirements
has appropriately trained staff
The latest terms and fees for the service…
Important information on drug data
The ‘One Drug Database’ project is underway, which will move all of our drug data into one place. This will provide a consistent, single source of information.
For years, we’ve had two sources of drug data – Master Data Replacement (MDR) for…
Drug Reimbursement – Azathioprine 50mg/5ml oral suspension
Since February 2024, a licensed version of Azathioprine 50mg/5ml oral suspension became available. Therefore, for prescriptions dispensed in February and March 2024:
where there is an endorsement for the licensed product, then reimbursement will…
MYS – General Practice (Pilot)
Access MYS
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has developed a GP portal within Manage your service (MYS) to allow FP34D and FP34PD forms to be submitted electronically.
Once you have registered for the service, you can access the MYS GP…