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NHS Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Pathfinder Programme
From September 2026 newly qualified pharmacists will enter the General Pharmaceutical Council register as independent prescribers. There are also many training and education initiatives funded through the NHS England Pharmacy Integration Fund that…
Serious shortage protocols (SSPs)
In February 2019, the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 were changed to introduce SSPs.
Further changes came into force in July 2019, in the NHS (amendments relating to serious shortage protocols) Regulations 2019.
If the Department of…
Medicines Optimisation Dashboard released
The June 2017 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available. This will help CCGs to understand how well local populations are being supported and to optimise medicines use, and will inform local planning. Click on the 'Changes' tab to find out…
Medicines Optimisation Dashboard released
The December 2017 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available. This will help CCGs to understand how well local populations are being supported and to optimise medicines use, and will inform local planning. Click on the 'Changes' tab to find…
eRD information for patients
If you are already receiving, or have agreed to receive, electronic prescriptions and you get regular or repeat medicines that do not change, your GP may have moved you on to electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD). This means your GP can send your…
Dispensing Contractors - information
Information on schemes, services and payments for dispensing contractors.
Part IX Guidance to manufacturers and suppliers of medical devices
Following the publication by the European Commission of a correction to the 13 May 2016 list of harmonized standards under the European Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices,…
Migration of reports from Information Services Portal (ISP) to ePACT2 and Catalyst
We're currently working to migrate a number of reports from ISP to ePACT2 and the new public facing portal ‘Catalyst’.
We're removing access to a number of reports currently viewed via ISP on Friday 11 January 2019 in preparation of the migration…
Category M price and Single Activity Fee update
Changes to the Single Activity Fee and the Category M reimbursement prices in Part VIII in the August Drug Tariff.
Category M reimbursement prices are being amended from 1 August 2019. This is outside of the usual three monthly cycle, in which…
Requesting eRD data
What we are doing
Our GP assurance team is working in collaboration with prescribers and dispensers to help them realise the benefits of increased electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) use.
To help increase eRD use, we can send GP practices NHS…