The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (03/11/2025) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for October 2025.
The final list for October 2025 includes seven further price concessions and improved prices for two products following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners.
| Drug | Pack size | Price concession |
| Aqueous cream | 500 | £5.83 |
| Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets | 10 | £5.90 |
| Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 28 | £1.49 |
| Ibandronic acid 50mg tablets | 28 | £19.38 |
| Propranolol 40mg tablets | 28 | £0.76 |
| Propranolol 80mg tablets | 56 | £1.38 |
| Timolol 0.5% eye drops | 5 | £1.52 |
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Improved (re-determined) prices for October 2025 |
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| Lofepramine 70mg tablets | 56 | £24.55 (previously £23.32) |
| Trimethoprim 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 100 | £16.45 (previously £13.93) |
For the full list of price concessions granted for October 2025 please visit our price concession hub page here. There are no prices that rolled over from the previous month.
The new and/or improved prices will apply to prescriptions submitted for payment for the dispensing month of October 2025.
Please note: These prices do not apply to November 2025 prescriptions as we are still working with DHSC to confirm price concessions for November. The first update for this month will be published as soon as we receive a response from the Department.
Notes
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.
Top-up payments will be made for certain products if data from the Margin Survey identifies that the original concession prices granted by DHSC were inappropriately low compared to the average pharmacy purchase price for the month. In such cases, a top-up will be triggered automatically and paid on a quarterly basis. More information on retrospective top-ups can be found here.
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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)
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