The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (18/04/2023) granted the following initial list of price concessions for April 2023:
Drug
Pack size
Price concession
Amisulpride 100mg tablets
60
£20.29
Amisulpride 50mg tablets
60
£13.09
Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension
100
£4.01
Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free
100
£3.50
Amoxicillin 500mg capsules
15
£2.13
Amoxicillin 500mg capsules
21
£2.98
Bimatoprost 100micrograms/ml eye drops
3
£3.99
Cinnarizine 15mg tablets
84
£5.98
Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension
70
£4.32
Clarithromycin 250mg tablets
14
£5.00
Clarithromycin 500mg tablets
14
£10.99
Clonidine 25microgram tablets
112
£20.62
Colecalciferol 1,000unit capsules
30
£7.95
Febuxostat 80mg tablets
28
£5.79
Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution
100
£3.91
Fluoxetine 20mg/5ml oral solution
70
£14.63
Isotretinoin 20mg capsules
30
£12.50
Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml eye drops
2.5
£2.08
Mebeverine 135mg tablets
100
£7.85
Metoprolol 50mg tablets
28
£1.95
Mometasone 50micrograms/dose nasal spray
140
£3.39
Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets
50
£8.53
Nebivolol 5mg tablets
28
£1.71
Nitrofurantoin 50mg tablets
28
£13.25
Perindopril erbumine 2mg tablets
30
£1.93
Perindopril erbumine 4mg tablets
30
£2.79
Perindopril erbumine 8mg tablets
30
£3.49
Quetiapine 25mg tablets
60
£1.65
Risperidone 500microgram tablets
20
£3.79
Tamsulosin 400microgram / Dutasteride 500microgram capsules
30
£17.79
Terbinafine 1% cream
15
£3.65
Tolterodine 2mg tablets
56
£4.89
Zopiclone 3.75mg tablets
28
£1.99
No additional endorsements are required for price concessions. A price concession only applies for the month in which it is granted.
If you have problems obtaining a Part VIII product at the stated Drug Tariff price, please report the issue using the online feedback form on the PSNC website. Please include full details of the supplier and price paid for any products sourced above the Drug Tariff price. PSNC will investigate the extent of the problem and, if appropriate, discuss the issue with DHSC. PSNC is still working with the DHSC to agree concessionary prices for other drugs reported to be unavailable at the stated April 2023 Drug Tariff price. Please note that PSNC cannot provide details of any generic products awaiting price concession approval from DHSC. Further updates to the price concession list will be published on our website. You can also subscribe to our mailing list to receive email updates of any further price concessions.
As part of the Year 4 & 5 funding settlement for community pharmacy, it was agreed that an urgent review of the price concession setting system would take place following significant concerns raised by pharmacy contractors about the unsustainable level of prices, imposed by Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in the past few months, for certain medicines. Since this announcement, PSNC has been working with DHSC officials to find urgent solutions to improve the price concessions system. One of the changes agreed between PSNC and DHSC is that from 1 April 2023 all products granted a concessionary price will be classified as ‘Discount Not Deducted’ for the month(s) in which they are on concession. PSNC has sent a strong and clear message back to Government that pharmacies cannot continue to subsidise the NHS medicines bill and is in discussion with DHSC about other improvements to the price concession system.
Further information on price concessions and FAQs about the process involved can be found on our website (psnc.org.uk/priceconcessions). To hear more on how the current price concessions system operates, pharmacy teams can now access a recording of PSNC’s recent webinar here
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