April 2025 Drug Tariff updates

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has published updates to the April Drug Tariff to include details from the CPCF arrangements for 2025/26. These updates can be found on the NHSBSA website here and include the following:

• Part I – Changes to the Payment Timetable to include earlier fee payments for the Hypertension Case Finding Service and Pharmacy Contraception Service.
  Drug Tariff – Timetable for Payments for England (PDF 128KB)
• Part IIIA – contractors should note the Single Activity Fee (SAF) will increase from £1.27 to £1.46.
  Drug Tariff – Professional Fees (PDF 114KB)
• Part VIC – changes to multiple advanced services including; the New Medicine Service, Pharmacy First, the Hypertension Case-Finding Service and the Pharmacy Contraception Service.
  Drug Tariff – Advanced Services (PDF 258KB)
  Contractors should also note, separate to the deal, the increase to the fee for the Lateral Flow Device Test Service from £4.00 to £4.10.
• Part VIIA – the launch of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2025/26.
  Drug Tariff – Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PDF 284KB)

Further details are outlined in the joint letter to pharmacy owners.