Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (31/01/2024) announced the following final list of price concessions for January 2024:
Drug
Pack size
Price concession
Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension
100
£2.45
Anastrozole 1mg tablets
28
£1.38
Aripiprazole 10mg tablets
28
£13.34
Aripiprazole 15mg tablets
28
£13.75
Aripiprazole 5mg tablets
28
£11.32
Baclofen 10mg tablets
84
£1.99
Benzydamine 0.15% mouthwash sugar free
300
£4.79
Benzylpenicillin 600mg powder for solution for injection vials
2
£6.01
Cabergoline 500microgram tablets
8
£17.16
Calcium and Ergocalciferol tablets
28
£50.48
Carbocisteine 250mg/5ml oral solution
300
£7.49
Carbocisteine 375mg capsules
120
£4.80
Carbomer ‘980’ 0.2% eye drops
10
£3.19
Chlorphenamine 2mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
150
£3.65
Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension
70
£4.04
Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension
70
£5.47
Clarithromycin 500mg tablets
14
£7.68
Clobazam 10mg tablets
30
£4.99
Co-amoxiclav 250mg/62mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free
100
£2.20
Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets
21
£3.47
Co-careldopa 12.5mg/50mg tablets
90
£4.26
Co-careldopa 25mg/100mg tablets
100
£9.70
Co-codamol 30mg/500mg capsules
100
£6.39
Dexamfetamine 5mg tablets
28
£22.34
Digoxin 250microgram tablets
28
£2.68
Digoxin 62.5microgram tablets
28
£2.73
Donepezil 5mg tablets
28
£1.87
Dorzolamide 20mg/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops
5
£4.83
Dorzolamide 20mg/ml eye drops
5
£3.14
Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules
28
£2.89
Eplerenone 50mg tablets
28
£4.38
Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules
28
£3.82
Etoricoxib 60mg tablets
28
£13.55
Etoricoxib 90mg tablets
28
£5.43
Ezetimibe 10mg tablets
28
£15.86
Famotidine 20mg tablets
28
£17.84
Famotidine 40mg tablets
28
£28.51
Fenofibrate micronised 160mg tablets
28
£3.29
Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules
28
£2.41
Hydrocortisone 1% cream
15
£2.24
Hydrocortisone 1% cream
30
£4.48
Hydrocortisone 10mg tablets
30
£1.98
Ispaghula husk 3.5g effervescent granules sachets gluten free sugar free
30
£6.32
Ketoconazole 2% shampoo
120
£18.23
Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules
28
£1.30
Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops
2.5
£10.77
Lofepramine 70mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free
150
£147.74
Lorazepam 500microgram tablets
28
£18.27
Memantine 10mg/ml oral solution sugar free
50
£45.46
Memantine 20mg tablets
28
£1.36
Mercaptopurine 50mg tablets
25
£8.99
Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets
50
£6.13
Nebivolol 2.5mg tablets
28
£11.64
Nebivolol 5mg tablets
28
£6.55
Ondansetron 4mg tablets
10
£3.99
Oxycodone 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
250
£8.91
Permethrin 5% cream
30
£15.29
Piroxicam 0.5% gel
60
£1.97
Pregabalin 200mg capsules
84
£3.18
Primidone 250mg tablets
100
£85.97
Prochlorperazine 3mg buccal tablets
50
£8.90
Pyridostigmine bromide 60mg tablets
200
£22.06
Quinine sulfate 200mg tablets
28
£8.19
Rasagiline 1mg tablets
28
£44.99
Rivastigmine 1.5mg capsules
28
£2.69
Rizatriptan 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free
3
£9.67
Ropinirole 1mg tablets
84
£32.83
Ropinirole 2mg tablets
28
£28.19
Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid unit dose vials
20
£15.21
Sodium chloride 0.9% nebuliser liquid 2.5ml unit dose ampoules
20
£9.50
Sulpiride 200mg tablets
30
£3.26
Sulpiride 200mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
150
£98.66
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment
30
£18.87
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment
60
£37.74
Tamsulosin 400microgram / Dutasteride 500microgram capsules
30
£17.78
Trospium chloride 20mg tablets
60
£10.83
For the full list of price concessions granted for January 2024, please visit our webpage: cpe.org.uk/priceconcessions. Please subscribe to our mailing list to receive email updates of any price concessions.
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.
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 Medicines Supply and Concessions Briefing 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’ may apply, where appropriate. Further information regarding this concession ‘top-up’ mechanism will be issued once details are finalised.
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