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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…
Virtual Meetings Recording privacy notice
As part of our day-to-day activity, and as part of the hybrid working model, the NHSBSA provides, and is responsible for, virtual meeting applications such as Microsoft Teams. At times is it is necessary for meeting hosts to record meetings. This…
ePACT2: Academic Health Science Networks (AHSN) rebrand
Academic Health Science Networks (AHSN) have been rebranded as Health Innovation Networks (HIN). All reports for prescribing data from May 2024 onwards will use the new name.
The ePACT2 upload now reflects this new branding for both the overall…
Practice items
The Practice Items report is a monthly rolling report showing the number of dispensed items prescribed and their Net Item Cost (NIC) for each practice.
Included in the Practice Items report:
Practice name, address and code
Number of items and…
CCGs and the retention of Special Class and Mental Health Officer status
NHS Pensions has noted an increase in requests for Special Class and Mental Health Officer status for members who are working for CCGs.
Special Class and Mental Health Officer status is primarily for members of staff who are engaged in the hands on…
Equality monitoring questionnaire
It is no longer necessary for you or members to complete the equality monitoring questionnaire. The standalone form has been removed from the website but it will still be available within the ‘consideration of entitlement to ill health retirement…
Letter of authority policy amendment
In order to allow a third party access to a member’s pension information, we require a letter of authority from the member. We ask that letters of authority only hold details for one individual at a time. Each member should have a separate letter of…
Protection of Pay
Following the removal of the historic Employer Newsletters from the website, the bulk Protection of Pay forms have been updated.
The employer factsheet has been updated with a historic bulk Protection of Pay guidance section to include information…
Payments for Clinical Director duties
We have recently received a number of queries in relation to clinical director duty payments.
The regulations state that a member’s pensionable earnings are:
salary
wages
fees, and
other regular payments
made to the member in respect of…
Hypothetical annuity cost
Hypothetical annuity cost is not a standard benefit. It's included on your statement to show the likely cost of buying similar benefits on the ‘open market’.
The figures are based on market conditions at this date. Costs could vary significantly at…