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Department of Health and Social Care confirms change of date of annual 2015 Scheme pension cost of living review
Each year, 2015 Scheme pensions for members who are still actively contributing are reviewed to keep up with the rise in cost of living. The 2015 Scheme pensions are reviewed using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the year before, plus an…
Department of Health and Social Care confirms changes to Scheme rules for retire and re-join and partial retirement
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme rules will go ahead to help retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning to work following retirement.
The DHSC…
Retrospective Mebeverine 50mg/5ml price adjustment in NHS England and Wales from December 2022 to February 2023
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
The Department of Health and Social Care can confirm that the following product will have a redetermination due to late notification of a price increase, this will apply…
Adult Social Care Enforcement
The NHSBSA is working on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to support Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered Adult Social Care providers in submitting monthly data about the services they provide.
Submitting your data…
Free CPD for General Optical Council registrants in England: Intraocular lenses national patient safety alert webinar
We have released a free webinar on Nidek EyeCee One preloaded and EyeCee One Crystal preloaded intraocular lenses (IOLs). The webinar is aimed at optometrists, dispensing opticians and General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) contractors in England.
The…
Department of Health and Social Care launches consultation on proposed Scheme regulation changes for second stage of McCloud Remedy
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a consultation on proposed changes to the NHS Pension Scheme regulations, which are required to implement the second part of the McCloud remedy.
In 2015 the government made changes to…
BNF Code Changes- January 2023
The annual version changes relating to the BNF Structure have been implemented with January 2023 dispensing data.
The latest file shows the BNF presentation code as of December 2022 data against the BNF presentation code as of January 2023 data,…
Drug Tariff deduction scale
This is an update on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
From 1 April 2023, products granted a concessionary price will no longer be subjected to the branded discount deduction rate but will be classified as 'Discount Not Deducted'…
Transitional Payments (England only) – April 2023
From 1 April 2023 the monthly Flat Fee payment to pharmacy contractors will be introduced.
The payment and conditions are set out in Drug Tariff Part VIA paragraph 5 (PDF: 63KB).
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…