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 (01/08/2024) announced the following final list of price concessions for July 2024:
Drug
Pack size
Price concession
Apixaban 2.5mg tablets
60
£3.89
Apixaban 5mg tablets
56
£3.74
Benzoyl peroxide 5% / Clindamycin 1% gel
30
£11.88
Brimonidine 0.2% eye drops
5
£4.03
Calcipotriol 0.005% / Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% gel
60
£19.05
Captopril 25mg tablets
56
£2.50
Captopril 50mg tablets
56
£3.83
Chlorphenamine 2mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
150
£2.91
Cinacalcet 30mg tablets
28
£8.99
Clomipramine 50mg capsules
28
£7.99
Co-amoxiclav 250mg/62mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free
100
£2.55
Co-tenidone 50mg/12.5mg tablets
28
£6.73
Dorzolamide 20mg/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops
5
£6.07
Erythromycin 40mg/ml / Zinc acetate 12mg/ml lotion
30
£18.50
Ethosuximide 250mg capsules
56
£167.04
Etoricoxib 30mg tablets
28
£4.40
Etoricoxib 60mg tablets
28
£8.15
Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
100
£4.19
Fluticasone 400microgram/unit dose nasal drops
30
£16.81
Fluticasone furoate 27.5micrograms/dose nasal spray
120
£15.85
Fusidic acid 2% cream
15
£2.30
Haloperidol 1.5mg tablets
28
£5.66
Haloperidol 5mg tablets
28
£4.98
Itraconazole 100mg capsules
15
£8.42
Labetalol 100mg tablets
56
£4.37
Lamotrigine 100mg tablets
56
£3.34
Lamotrigine 200mg tablets
56
£4.99
Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops
2.5
£5.19
Memantine 10mg/ml oral solution sugar free
50
£29.91
Metformin 1g / Sitagliptin 50mg tablets
56
£13.33
Mometasone 0.1% cream
30
£3.52
Morphine sulfate 10mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules
10
£5.98
Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets
50
£5.66
Naproxen 250mg gastro-resistant tablets
56
£2.50
Nebivolol 2.5mg tablets
28
£9.28
Nefopam 30mg tablets
90
£3.73
Ondansetron 4mg tablets
10
£3.30
Oxcarbazepine 600mg tablets
50
£34.06
Oxybutynin 2.5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
150
£182.25
Oxycodone 10mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules
5
£7.77
Perindopril erbumine 2mg tablets
30
£2.55
Perindopril erbumine 4mg tablets
30
£3.25
Perindopril erbumine 8mg tablets
30
£7.98
Pregabalin 225mg capsules
56
£2.85
Pregabalin 25mg capsules
56
£1.51
Propantheline bromide 15mg tablets
112
£104.29
Pyridostigmine bromide 60mg tablets
200
£17.95
Quetiapine 200mg tablets
60
£35.27
Quetiapine 25mg tablets
60
£6.40
Quinagolide 50microgram tablets and Quinagolide 25microgram tablets
6
£39.20
Quinine sulfate 200mg tablets
28
£6.42
Quinine sulfate 300mg tablets
28
£2.95
Rasagiline 1mg tablets
28
£24.95
Rizatriptan 10mg tablets
3
£8.60
Ropinirole 2mg tablets
28
£28.90
Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid unit dose vials
20
£18.78
Salbutamol 5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid unit dose vials
20
£20.03
Sertraline 100mg tablets
28
£1.78
Sertraline 50mg tablets
28
£1.53
Sevelamer 800mg tablets
180
£29.00
Sodium chloride 0.9% nebuliser liquid 2.5ml unit dose ampoules
20
£9.50
Sodium cromoglicate 2% eye drops
13.5
£3.61
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment
60
£47.28
Tamoxifen 20mg tablets
30
£4.01
Telmisartan 80mg tablets
28
£15.81
Terbinafine 250mg tablets
14
£9.65
Trospium chloride 20mg tablets
60
£12.69
Venlafaxine 75mg modified-release tablets
30
£2.79
Zonisamide 100mg capsules
56
£30.96
Zonisamide 50mg capsules
56
£23.00
For the full list of price concessions granted for July 2024 please visit our price concession hub page here.
There are no prices that rolled over from the previous month.
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.
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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.
In May 2023, DHSC implemented a process to roll over to the following month any agreed prices for concessions requested on or after the 23rd of the month.
Furthermore, from April 2024, a retrospective top-up payment system applies to products granted very low concessionary prices by DHSC when compared to the average purchase prices identified via the Margins survey. Further information on the top-up mechanism can be found here.
Please see our latest funding and reimbursement short video for further information on the recent changes to the price concession process.
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