August 2026 Price Concessions Final Update – Updated
04/09/2026: Please note the table below has been updated with an additional line in red
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (04/09/2026) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for August 2026:
| Drug | Pack size | Price concession |
| Chlordiazepoxide 10mg capsules | 100 | £75.46 |
| Dabigatran etexilate 110mg capsules | 60 | £9.18 |
| Dabigatran etexilate 150mg capsules | 60 | £5.29 |
| Flucloxacillin 125mg/5ml oral solution | 100 | £2.25 |
| Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 100 | £9.38 |
| Ondansetron 4mg tablets | 10 | £1.82 |
| Phenobarbital 60mg tablets | 28 | £4.59 |
| Rivastigmine 1.5mg capsules | 28 | £2.26 |
| Rivastigmine 3mg capsules | 28 | £2.40 |
| Senna 7.5mg tablets | 60 | £1.42 |
| Tamsulosin 400microgram / Dutasteride 500microgram capsules | 30 | £4.86 |
| Tapentadol 50mg modified-release capsules | 28 | £12.45 |
| Tapentadol 50mg modified-release capsules | 56 | £24.90 |
This takes the total number of price concessions granted by DHSC for August 2026 to 243.
Community Pharmacy England continues to raise the impact of low Drug Tariff prices and dispensing at a loss by pharmacy owners, and the need for margin reforms, at Ministerial level. Read more here.
For the full list of price concessions granted for August 2026 please visit our price concession hub page here.
These prices will apply to prescriptions submitted for payment for the dispensing month of August 2026.
Please note: These prices do not apply to September 2026 prescriptions. 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)
