NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) is holding an online event on Wednesday 6th April 2022 between 5-6pm about the current, dedicated health and wellbeing support offers available to colleagues working in primary care. All community pharmacy colleagues are invited, as well as other primary care colleagues, with the event having a particular focus on
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Pharmacy contractors who normally send their end of month submission bundle to the NHS Business Services Authority’s (NHSBSA’s) Wakefield Processing Centre will have received communication regarding its relocation and notice that from 1st April 2022 (for prescriptions dispensed in March 2022) bundles will need to be submitted to NHSBSA’s new Newcastle office for processing (see
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Following representations from PSNC, the Department of Health of Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined the special container status of a further 9 drugs which meet the criteria as set out in Part II Clause 10B of the Drug Tariff. The products following products will be classified as special containers from April 2022. Generic drug name
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Following applications made by PSNC to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), a further 34 new products have been added to the list of ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND). From April 2022, the discount deduction scale will no longer apply to prescriptions dispensed for
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The Manage Your Service (MYS) portal is now the ONLY route available to contractors for all monthly FP34C submissions. From March 2022, contractors will no longer receive the paper FP34C submission document through the post. However, the NHSBSA will continue to post out red separators for contractors to submit relevant forms each month. To secure
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Over 10,700 pharmacy contractors who declared their March 2022 FP34C submission figures through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal by 5 April 2022 will receive earlier advance payments on Monday 11 April 2022 (circa 20 days earlier than the normal advance payment timetable). These contractors will receive a letter from the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA
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From April 2022 (for prescriptions dispensed in March 2022), the NHS Business Service Authority (NHSBSA) may apply an administrative deduction of £25 if a prescription bundle is submitted late to the relevant pricing division. Each month, a small number of contractors submit their prescription bundles very late to the relevant pricing divisions at the NHSBSA. This
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