Pack size
Price concession
Acamprosate 333mg gastro-resistant tablets
168
£23.80
Aciclovir 800mg tablets
35
£4.19
Atorvastatin 40mg tablets
28
£2.38
Bicalutamide 150mg tablets
28
£3.79
Bisacodyl 5mg gastro-resistant tablets
60
£4.40
Brinzolamide 10mg/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops
5
£8.19
Brinzolamide 10mg/ml eye drops
5
£4.65
Bumetanide 1mg tablets
28
£2.77
Buprenorphine 8mg sublingual tablets sugar free
7
£4.24
Calcipotriol 0.005% / Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment
30
£10.09
Carbocisteine 250mg/5ml oral solution
300
£6.90
Carvedilol 6.25mg tablets
28
£1.39
Clotrimazole 1% cream
20
£2.10
Clotrimazole 1% cream
50
£3.99
Co-careldopa 25mg/100mg tablets
100
£6.95
Codeine 30mg tablets
28
£1.08
Codeine 30mg tablets
100
£3.85
Doxycycline 100mg capsules
8
£0.95
Flecainide 100mg tablets
60
£3.85
Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
100
£3.51
Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets
60
£3.98
Ivabradine 2.5mg tablets
56
£45.95
Lamotrigine 100mg tablets
56
£2.18
Lansoprazole 15mg orodispersible tablets
28
£2.88
Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml eye drops
2.5
£1.88
Levetiracetam 100mg/ml oral solution sugar free
300
£10.41
Lofepramine 70mg tablets
56
£13.51
Mometasone 0.1% ointment
30
£4.14
Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets
50
£7.30
Oxycodone 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
250
£9.60
Perindopril erbumine 4mg tablets
30
£1.42
Perindopril erbumine 8mg tablets
30
£1.64
Pizotifen 1.5mg tablets
28
£1.81
Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets
28
£1.96
Risperidone 500microgram tablets
20
£3.25
Ropinirole 250microgram tablets
12
£5.99
Rosuvastatin 10mg tablets
28
£1.18
Rosuvastatin 40mg tablets
28
£1.70
Spironolactone 100mg tablets
28
£4.72
Spironolactone 25mg tablets
28
£1.84
Spironolactone 50mg tablets
28
£3.99
Tamsulosin 400microgram modified-release capsules
30
£1.64
Terbinafine 1% cream
15
£3.08
Terbinafine 1% cream
30
£6.71
Zopiclone 3.75mg tablets
28
£1.83
Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets
28
£1.70
The following price concessions rolled over from July to August 2023:
Cinnarizine 15mg tablets
84
£5.47
Co-amoxiclav 250mg/125mg tablets
21
£2.69
Co-careldopa 12.5mg/50mg tablets
90
£4.56
For the full list of price concessions granted so far for August 2023, please visit our webpage: cpe.org.uk/priceconcessions
No additional endorsements are required for price concessions. A price concession only applies for the month it is granted; any prices agreed for concessions requested late in the month will roll over into the following month.
We encourage pharmacies to report any problems obtaining a Part VIII product at or below the stated Drug Tariff price, using the online feedback form on the Community Pharmacy England website. Please include full details of the supplier and price paid for any products sourced above the Drug Tariff price. We will investigate the extent of the problem and, if appropriate, discuss the issue with DHSC.
Please subscribe to our mailing list to receive email updates of any price concessions.
Further information on price concessions and FAQs about the process involved can be found on our website (cpe.org.uk/priceconcessions) To hear more on how the current price concessions system operates, pharmacy teams can now access a recording of our recent webinar here.
Improvements to the price concession system
Following significant concerns raised by pharmacies about the unsustainable level of prices imposed by DHSC in second half of 2022, it was agreed that an urgent review of the price concession setting system would take place.
Since this announcement, we have sent a strong and clear message back to Government that pharmacies cannot continue to subsidise the NHS medicines bill. Following the review of the concessionary price process, a package of measures has been developed to improve the system.
One of the solutions agreed between us and DHSC is that from 1st 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.
Furthermore, from May 2023, DHSC has implemented a process to roll over prices to the following month for any concessions requested after the 23rd of the month provided these prices were agreed with us. We are also continuing to work with DHSC on how a ‘retrospective increased payment’ my apply, when appropriate. Further information regarding this concession ‘top-up’ mechanism will be issued once details are finalised.
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