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Increased use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) offers benefits for patients, GP practices and pharmacies. As part of our work to help realise these benefits for the NHS, we recently wrote to GP practices across the country to highlight…

We’re aware that some providers have raised queries about data for January activity. Due to a data processing issue, some January activity is currently missing from the data received by the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. We believe this issue is…

This is an announcement on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI). The new 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme (PhAS) will come into effect from 1 January 2022. The revised scheme is part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year…

The NHS Smoking Cessation Service is a nationally commissioned advanced Service as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework. This service follows on from the Smoking Cessation Transfer of Care pilots which commenced in November 2020. In…

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). This pilot service will test a referral…

Our GP Assurance team is working in collaboration with Primary Care Networks, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Health Innovation Networks to help prescribers and dispensers realise the benefits of increased electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) use…

A Local Authority commissioning a public health service must determine whether the service will provide medicines and appliances to patients using FP10 prescriptions. The Local Authority will be responsible for the cost of FP10 prescriptions issued…

A commissioner of health services, such as an Integrated Care Board (ICB) or a local authority, may award contracts to a range of service providers. These providers can include organisations from the independent sector known as Independent Sector…

The NHS Community Pharmacy Blood Pressure Check Service (also known as the NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service) started on 1 October 2021. Important Update for Contractors                              The expanded…

Suppliers of medicinal products and medical devices have a vital role to play in maintaining the dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d). The dm+d is the recognised NHS standard (SCC10052) for identifying and communicating medicinal product and…