As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts  series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video on the paper prescription sorting and submission process.

For the end-of-month submission, pharmacy teams are required to sort the month’s paper dispensing activity. For the paper prescription sorting and submission process, pharmacy teams must sort FP10 paper prescriptions and any necessary EPS tokens into paid or exempt groups. Proper sorting allows the NHSBSA to determine if a patient has any outstanding charges, enabling appropriate deductions.

In this video, Mitesh Bhudia and Sarah Welbourne from our Dispensing and Supply Team discuss the paper prescription sorting and submission process to explain:

  • The relevance of sorting prescriptions into paid and exempt groups
  • Ensuring the correct paper prescriptions are placed in the red-separator
  • How to avoid prescription switching when sorting paper prescriptions
  • Ensuring prescription bundles are despatched before the submission deadline

Watch the paper prescription sorting and submission process video here:

Funding & Reimbursement Shorts

Community Pharmacy England’s series of short videos aim to provide pharmacy owners and their teams with more information on common funding and reimbursement topics, enhancing understanding of specific topics and addressing common queries. In the videos, our in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts will offer practical advice on topics such as:

  • Handling prescriptions with supplementary product information
  • Price concessions;
  • Dispensing claiming SSPs; and
  • ‘FS’ endorsed prescriptions
  • Original pack dispensing

The videos are supplemented by factsheets and briefings produced by the Dispensing and Supply team including the overarching ‘Top tips to maximise dispensing income’ factsheet, which links to a wealth of resources and serves as a handy written checklist for the wider pharmacy team. 

Later videos will cover topics such as referred back and disallowed items and EPS claiming. We would also welcome your suggestions for other future topics – please email  ds.team@cpe.org.uk  with any suggestions. 

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