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Pharmacy contractors should note for Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2021/22, that the arrangements for claiming payment for PQS have been altered. The declaration window will now be between 15:00 on 3 February 2022 and 23:59 on 2 March 2022.…

The 2022 PhAS started on 1 January 2022 with payments for the 2022 PhAS made with the reconciliation payment from 1 April 2022. Contractors can apply for review of their PhAS eligibility as set out in the Pharmacy Access Scheme guidance. The review…

Correction notice - data was assigned to incorrect Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) deciles in the statistical summary tables of the latest release. Read our correction notices page for full details. Published 7 July 2022. This page was last…

Published 7 July 2022. Summary Mental health is a key area of the NHS Long Term Plan published in 2019.  This publication aims to describe the prescribing of medicines used to improve mental health in England that are subsequently dispensed in…

On Wednesday 9 February 2022 External Reporting Services within the Data and Insight directorate (formerly Information Services) have implemented a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. This will enable us to get a full picture of how you…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care: ESPAUR identified that they sent out an erroneous email last week to certain pharmacy contractors. This email was sent to contractors who, according to ESPAUR’s records…

On 1 July 2021 the final pay control rules changed. These changes were applied retrospectively from the 1 April 2018 and employers were able to apply for final pay control charge invoices received or paid between 1 April 2018 and 1 July 2021 to be…

The NHS Pensions Stakeholder Engagement Team are delivering Level 2 GP Practice Manager events commencing in February 2022 and will present educational training tailored for practice managers. These events will be delivered virtually via Microsoft…

Guidance amendments - 'Performer' is now 'Clinician' Due to changes within Dentistry the term 'Performer' will now be replaced by the word 'Clinician'. We will update our guidance and other content in due course but aside from this processes will…

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…