This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides top tips for pharmacy teams that have been shared by other pharmacy teams providing other nationally commissioned Advanced services. It incorporates tips from those teams who were involved in the pilot of the Pharmacy Contraception Service and from those who have successfully been providing the service since its launch.
Read moreThis Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides information for general practice teams and staff at sexual health clinics on the changes to the Pharmacy Contraception Service which are planned to be introduced in October 2025. Briefing 023/25: Briefing for GP teams and staff at sexual health clinics – Changes to the Pharmacy Contraception Service The post
Read morePharmacy owners can download a Prescription Item Report (PIR) each month via the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Information Services Portal (ISP). These reports can help you to: view a breakdown of payments for individual products supplied each month reconcile your monthly payments against claims submitted for NHS prescriptions and for certain NHS services investigate
Read moreThis factsheet sets out how pharmacy owners can access their pharmacy Prescription Item Reports (PIRs) via the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Information Services Portal (ISP). Briefing 021.25 Prescription Item Reports (PIRs) The post Briefing 021/25: Prescription Item Reports (PIRs) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Read moreNHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has identified a small number of pharmacies that are declaring consistently and significantly above their actual number of prescription items dispensed each month when submitting their FP34C declaration via the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Given the Government’s obligations for Managing Public Money, the Department of Health and Social Care
Read moreBBC News, The Independent Pharmacy teams have faced major issues in recent days, with many patients booking COVID-19 vaccinations through the National Booking System (NBS) despite not being eligible this winter. Only those aged 75 and over, and younger patients with weakened immune systems, qualify for free boosters this year. Alastair Buxton, Director of NHS
Read morePharmacy teams have reported major issues to us over the last two days related to large numbers of patients booking COVID-19 vaccinations via the National Booking System (NBS) who are not eligible for the vaccine this winter. We are working with NHS England to try to address this unacceptable situation and to get more NHS
Read moreIndependent pharmacy owners are being invited to express interest in joining our committee. One additional place has been created for the category of pharmacy owners operating between one and nine pharmacy premises. The changes are part of ongoing work to adjust the composition and size of our committee, to better reflect the make-up of the
Read moreThis Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides information for pharmacy owners on the introduction of hub and spoke provisions between different retail pharmacy businesses. Briefing 020/25: Hub and Spoke dispensing between different retail pharmacy businesses The post Briefing 020/25: Hub and Spoke dispensing between different retail pharmacy businesses appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.
Read moreA licensed version of Bisoprolol 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free was launched by Aspire Pharma Ltd in August 2025. However, at the same time an unlicensed version of Bisoprolol 5mg/5ml oral solution was listed in Part VIIIB of the Drug Tariff. According to the Drug Tariff rules, any generically written prescription for Bisoprolol 5mg/5ml (or
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