Pharmacy owners who submit their FP34C declaration through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal by the 5th of the month (or by the 6th if one or more bank holiday occurs during the first five days of the month) will  receive 100% of their advance payments four working days after the submission deadline.

The table below shows the early advance payment dates for 2025:

Dispensing Month
Jan 25
Feb 25
Mar 25
Apr 25
May 25
Jun 25
Jul 25
Aug 25
Sep 25
Oct 25
Nov 25
Dec 25

Submission deadline via MYS to receive early advance payment 
5th Feb
5th Mar
5th Apr
6th May*
5th Jun
5th Jul
5th Aug
5th Sept
5th Oct
5th Nov
5th Dec
6th Jan 2026*

Earlier advance payment date (4 working days after submission deadline)
11th Feb
11th Mar
10th Apr
12th May
11th Jun
10th Jul
11th Aug
11th Sep
9th Oct
11th Nov
11th Dec
12th Jan 2026

Pay date for reconciled prescriptions 
1st Apr
1st May
3oth May
1st Jul
1st Aug
1st Sep
1st Oct
31st Oct
1st Dec
31st Dec
31st Jan 2026
27th Feb 2026

*Note – In months where one or more bank holiday occurs during the first five days of the month, contractors will be given an extra day to submit their FP34C and dispatch their prescription bundle to the NHSBSA. For these months, the early advance payment date will remain as four working days from the extended FP34C submission deadline of the 6th.

The 100% advance payments will continue to be based on the items declared on the FP34C and the latest available Average Item Value (AIV) for that pharmacy, less the value of prescription charges declared on the FP34C submission. 

If the FP34C submission form and prescription bundle is received very late by the NHSBSA (usually after the 20th of each month), contractors will not receive any advance payment but instead will only receive the final reconciliation payment. The FP34C submission cut-off dates for normal advance payments are also published on the NHSBSA’s website. 

No advance payment will be received for very late FP34C submissions and an administrative deduction of £25 may apply if a paper prescription bundle is submitted late to the NHSBSA. Contractors should note that the final reconciliation payment date remains unchanged i.e. this will continue to be paid on the 1st working day of the month approximately two months after contractors have submitted the appropriate FP34C form and prescriptions for pricing. 

Further details on payment arrangements for contractors are outlined in the following briefing document. For any queries regarding payments please contact contractorpayments@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. 

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