• 4TH NOVEMBER 2024

    Engaging with the NHS 10-Year Plan: Join our webinars

    Community Pharmacy England will be hosting two webinars to discuss the Government’s NHS 10-year plan and to help pharmacy owners or others who want to feed into it. Last month the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care launched a national conversation on the NHS, seeking input and ideas to shape the future of

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    • 4TH NOVEMBER 2024

    NHSBSA ‘Hints & Tips’ – Issue 57

    The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 57) contains some useful information and advice on: MYS July Activity: Tuesday 5 November 2024 deadline New ePACT2 dashboards: UTI and Pharmacy First 2024/25 seasonal flu vaccine reimbursement New oversupply data available in ePACT2

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    • 1ST NOVEMBER 2024

    NHSBSA Online Webinars for Pharmacy Teams

    The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) host webinars to provide an insight into how they process and reimburse prescriptions. These sessions take place online and last approximately 60 minutes. During the sessions, pharmacy teams are shown how NHSBSA handle prescription submissions and are given an overview of the most common errors found on prescriptions submitted

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    • 30TH OCTOBER 2024

    Chancellor sets out Autumn Budget

    The Chancellor announced her Autumn Budget today (30th October), setting out the Government’s overarching spending plans for the next 18 months. The Budget promised an additional £22.6 billion for day-to-day healthcare spending, but the Chancellor made no specific pledges about supporting primary care or the community pharmacy sector. The Chancellor announced a number of changes

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    • 30TH OCTOBER 2024

    October 2024 Price Concessions Final Update

    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 (30/10/2024) announced the following final list of price concessions for October 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Amantadine 100mg capsules 56 £17.66 Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £7.21 Apixaban

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