Community pharmacy contractors are now required to start submitting their completed New Medicine Service (NMS) summary data to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) each quarter. This requirement was suspended due to the pandemic, but the requirement has now been re-instated. This means that contractors must submit data to the NHSBSA within 10 working days
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Following the launch of the new personal protective equipment (PPE) ordering portal, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has advised that the old PPE portal platform will be closing on 26th April 2022. Community pharmacy contractors who have used the old PPE portal platform, should have received an email to their pharmacy’s NHSmail
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We are pleased to announce that the new PSNC website is now live and in its final testing phase. For a period of several weeks starting today, on entering the PSNC website visitors will be invited to either continue using the existing site or to switch to using the new site instead. We would greatly
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The Drug Tariff Preface published monthly lists additions, deletions and other changes to products listed in the Drug Tariff. Below is a summary of the changes coming into effect from 1 April 2022. Single Activity Fee The value of the Single Activity Fee will revert to £1.27 from 1st April 2022. For more information see
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided the following updates on the Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for Salazopyrin® EN-Tabs 500mg (SSP014) and Lipitor® 20mg chewable tablets (SSP017). Salazopyrin® EN-Tabs 500mg (SSP014) Due to the improving supply situation for Salazopyrin® EN-Tabs 500mg, the expiry date for SSP014 has been brought forward. SSP014 was
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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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