January 2025 Price Concessions: 4th Update

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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 (30/01/2025) announced the following list of price concessions for January 2025.

Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has increased the January 2025 concessionary price for Gabapentin 600mg tablets following a mid-month price increase:

Drug Pack size Price concession
Calcium and Ergocalciferol tablets 28 £7.41
Clomethiazole 192mg capsules 60 £34.66
Cyanocobalamin 50microgram tablets 50 £3.21
Desmopressin 10micrograms/dose nasal spray 60 £35.76
Diclofenac potassium 50mg tablets 28 £7.41
Gabapentin 600mg tablets 100 £46.62 (previously £28.99)
Haloperidol 5mg tablets 28 £7.75
Ibandronic acid 150mg tablets 1 £1.52
Methylphenidate 54mg modified-release tablets 30 £73.62
Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets 50 £6.36
Ondansetron 4mg orodispersible tablets 10 £19.95
Orlistat 120mg capsules 84 £23.88
Riluzole 50mg tablets 56 £361.07
Salbutamol 100micrograms/dose inhaler CFC free 200 £1.97
Ursodeoxycholic acid 300mg tablets 60 £54.22

For the full list of price concessions granted for January 2025 so far please visit our price concession hub page here.

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.

We encourage pharmacies to report any problems obtaining a Part VIII product at or below the stated Drug Tariff price, using the online feedback form on the Community Pharmacy England website. Please include full details of the supplier and price paid for any products sourced above the Drug Tariff price. We will investigate the extent of the problem and, if appropriate, discuss the issue with DHSC.

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Improvements to the price concession system

Following significant concerns raised by pharmacy owners about the unsustainable level of prices imposed by DHSC in second half of 2022, it was agreed that an urgent review of the price concession setting system would take place.

Since this announcement, we have sent a strong and clear message back to Government that pharmacy owners cannot continue to subsidise the NHS medicines bill. Following the review of the concessionary price process in 2023, a package of measures has been developed to improve the system. These include:

  • all products granted a concessionary price will be classified as ‘Discount Not Deducted’ for the month(s) in which they are on concession
  • any agreed prices for concessions requested on or after the 23rd of the month will be rolled over to the following month
  • a retrospective increased payment system for price concession lines where data subsequently identifies that the original price concessions granted were inappropriately low. Further information regarding this concession ‘top-up’ mechanism can be found here.

Please see our latest funding and reimbursement short video for further information on all the recent changes to the price concession process.