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Published 12 October 2023 Summary Community pharmacies and appliance contractors are responsible for dispensing medications, appliances, and medical devices to NHS patients. They are not a direct part of the NHS but provide essential services on…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Assembly of Wales have retrospectively determined from September 2023:  the addition of Omeprazole 1mg/ml…

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…

Prescription data for items prescribed in England and dispensed in Scotland from June 2023 to June 2024 is not held in ePACT2. From July onwards the data feed into ePACT2 should have been restored.  The missing Scottish dispensing data can be found…

Access for registered users via ePACT2. PDPI provides information on a practice’s prescribing habits and costs. This enables a practice to compare and manage their prescribing performance against national and commissioner or provider comparators.…

Access to PBC for: registered users is through ePACT2 public users is through Catalyst The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has set up a national programme budget project to develop a primary source of information. This can be…

Working with a range of NHS organisations, we've helped to identify people who are at particular risk from coronavirus and need extra shielding arrangements.  Clinicians from NHS England and Innovation, NHS Digital and Public Health England defined…

We use high speed scanners and intelligent character recognition software to read the information we need to pay you, including: quantity strength presentation patient exemption information We reimburse and remunerate contractors in line…

After the release of the March 2025 prescriptions data at the end of June, the Antimicrobial Stewardship – RightCare UTI Focus Pack dashboard will not be updated. This is because the dashboard is being replaced by the Antimicrobial Stewardship -…

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…