Early advance payment timetable for 2025

Pharmacy owners who submit their FP34C declaration through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal by the 5th of the month (or by the 6th if one or more bank holiday occurs during the first five days of the month) will  receive 100% of their advance payments four working days after the submission deadline.

The table below shows the early advance payment dates for 2025:

*Note – In months where one or more bank holiday occurs during the first five days of the month, contractors will be given an extra day to submit their FP34C and dispatch their prescription bundle to the NHSBSA. For these months, the early advance payment date will remain as four working days from the extended FP34C submission deadline of the 6th.

The 100% advance payments will continue to be based on the items declared on the FP34C and the latest available Average Item Value (AIV) for that pharmacy, less the value of prescription charges declared on the FP34C submission. 

If the FP34C submission form and prescription bundle is received very late by the NHSBSA (usually after the 20th of each month), contractors will not receive any advance payment but instead will only receive the final reconciliation payment. The FP34C submission cut-off dates for normal advance payments are also published on the NHSBSA’s website. 

No advance payment will be received for very late FP34C submissions and an administrative deduction of £25 may apply if a paper prescription bundle is submitted late to the NHSBSA. Contractors should note that the final reconciliation payment date remains unchanged i.e. this will continue to be paid on the 1st working day of the month approximately two months after contractors have submitted the appropriate FP34C form and prescriptions for pricing. 

Further details on payment arrangements for contractors are outlined in the following briefing document. For any queries regarding payments please contact contractorpayments@nhsbsa.nhs.uk.