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Part VIA Transitional Payments (England only) March 2024
From 1 March 2024, the monthly Flat Fee Payment paid to pharmacy contractors will be set at zero.
In accordance with the standard payment schedules, this change will be reflected in payments made from June 2024.
This is reflected in the Part VIA…
NHS Pharmacy First Service (PFS)
The PFS will be a new advanced service that will replace the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS). The full service will consist of three elements:
Pharmacy First (clinical pathways) – new element
Pharmacy First (urgent repeat…
Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF)
Queries regarding the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework
Please contact pharmacysupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk with any queries regarding the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF).
Background
NHS England and delegated Integrated Care Boards…
Electronic payment schedules
We produce electronic payment schedule data called 'electronic FP34 data'. Contractors can use this instead of receiving a paper copy.
This is not a like-for-like replacement of the paper version. You'll need to develop your own IT solution to…
Drug Tariff Part VIA - Transitional Payments
From 1 February 2023 the monthly Transitional Payment paid to pharmacy contractors will be set at zero.
In accordance with the standard payment schedules, this change will be reflected in payments made from April 2023.
This change will be…
Drug Tariff Part VIC – Advanced Services – April 2023
From 1 April 2023 there will be amendments to Part VIC of the Drug Tariff to align with recent changes to service specifications for Advanced Services.
From 1 April 2023 pharmacy technicians will be able to perform blood pressure checks as part of…
Drug Tariff news - Part IIIA Professional Fees (Pharmacy Contractors)
The following text has been removed from the September 2015 Drug Tariff:
Additional fee for March 2015 for pharmacy contractors
In the month of March 2015 only, pharmacy contractors (England and Wales) will receive an additional fee. This fee is…
Drug Tariff Updates for 2025/26
The following parts of the Drug Tariff have been updated to include details from the 2025/26 deal for contractors – further details are included in the Letter to Contractors.
Part I – Changes to the Payment Timetable to include earlier fee payments…
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…
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