July 2024 Price Concessions Final 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 (01/08/2024) announced the following final list of price concessions for July 2024:
| Drug | Pack size | Price concession |
| Apixaban 2.5mg tablets | 60 | £3.89 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 56 | £3.74 |
| Benzoyl peroxide 5% / Clindamycin 1% gel | 30 | £11.88 |
| Brimonidine 0.2% eye drops | 5 | £4.03 |
| Calcipotriol 0.005% / Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% gel | 60 | £19.05 |
| Captopril 25mg tablets | 56 | £2.50 |
| Captopril 50mg tablets | 56 | £3.83 |
| Chlorphenamine 2mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 150 | £2.91 |
| Cinacalcet 30mg tablets | 28 | £8.99 |
| Clomipramine 50mg capsules | 28 | £7.99 |
| Co-amoxiclav 250mg/62mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 100 | £2.55 |
| Co-tenidone 50mg/12.5mg tablets | 28 | £6.73 |
| Dorzolamide 20mg/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops | 5 | £6.07 |
| Erythromycin 40mg/ml / Zinc acetate 12mg/ml lotion | 30 | £18.50 |
| Ethosuximide 250mg capsules | 56 | £167.04 |
| Etoricoxib 30mg tablets | 28 | £4.40 |
| Etoricoxib 60mg tablets | 28 | £8.15 |
| Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 100 | £4.19 |
| Fluticasone 400microgram/unit dose nasal drops | 30 | £16.81 |
| Fluticasone furoate 27.5micrograms/dose nasal spray | 120 | £15.85 |
| Fusidic acid 2% cream | 15 | £2.30 |
| Haloperidol 1.5mg tablets | 28 | £5.66 |
| Haloperidol 5mg tablets | 28 | £4.98 |
| Itraconazole 100mg capsules | 15 | £8.42 |
| Labetalol 100mg tablets | 56 | £4.37 |
| Lamotrigine 100mg tablets | 56 | £3.34 |
| Lamotrigine 200mg tablets | 56 | £4.99 |
| Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops | 2.5 | £5.19 |
| Memantine 10mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 50 | £29.91 |
| Metformin 1g / Sitagliptin 50mg tablets | 56 | £13.33 |
| Mometasone 0.1% cream | 30 | £3.52 |
| Morphine sulfate 10mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules | 10 | £5.98 |
| Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets | 50 | £5.66 |
| Naproxen 250mg gastro-resistant tablets | 56 | £2.50 |
| Nebivolol 2.5mg tablets | 28 | £9.28 |
| Nefopam 30mg tablets | 90 | £3.73 |
| Ondansetron 4mg tablets | 10 | £3.30 |
| Oxcarbazepine 600mg tablets | 50 | £34.06 |
| Oxybutynin 2.5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 150 | £182.25 |
| Oxycodone 10mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules | 5 | £7.77 |
| Perindopril erbumine 2mg tablets | 30 | £2.55 |
| Perindopril erbumine 4mg tablets | 30 | £3.25 |
| Perindopril erbumine 8mg tablets | 30 | £7.98 |
| Pregabalin 225mg capsules | 56 | £2.85 |
| Pregabalin 25mg capsules | 56 | £1.51 |
| Propantheline bromide 15mg tablets | 112 | £104.29 |
| Pyridostigmine bromide 60mg tablets | 200 | £17.95 |
| Quetiapine 200mg tablets | 60 | £35.27 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 60 | £6.40 |
| Quinagolide 50microgram tablets and Quinagolide 25microgram tablets | 6 | £39.20 |
| Quinine sulfate 200mg tablets | 28 | £6.42 |
| Quinine sulfate 300mg tablets | 28 | £2.95 |
| Rasagiline 1mg tablets | 28 | £24.95 |
| Rizatriptan 10mg tablets | 3 | £8.60 |
| Ropinirole 2mg tablets | 28 | £28.90 |
| Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid unit dose vials | 20 | £18.78 |
| Salbutamol 5mg/2.5ml nebuliser liquid unit dose vials | 20 | £20.03 |
| Sertraline 100mg tablets | 28 | £1.78 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 28 | £1.53 |
| Sevelamer 800mg tablets | 180 | £29.00 |
| Sodium chloride 0.9% nebuliser liquid 2.5ml unit dose ampoules | 20 | £9.50 |
| Sodium cromoglicate 2% eye drops | 13.5 | £3.61 |
| Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment | 60 | £47.28 |
| Tamoxifen 20mg tablets | 30 | £4.01 |
| Telmisartan 80mg tablets | 28 | £15.81 |
| Terbinafine 250mg tablets | 14 | £9.65 |
| Trospium chloride 20mg tablets | 60 | £12.69 |
| Venlafaxine 75mg modified-release tablets | 30 | £2.79 |
| Zonisamide 100mg capsules | 56 | £30.96 |
| Zonisamide 50mg capsules | 56 | £23.00 |
For the full list of price concessions granted for July 2024 please visit our price concession hub page here.
There are no prices that rolled over from the previous month.
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.
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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) To hear more on how the current price concessions system operates, pharmacy teams can now access a recording of our recent Medicines Supply and Concessions Briefing webinar here.
Improvements to the price concession system
Following significant concerns raised by pharmacies 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 pharmacies cannot continue to subsidise the NHS medicines bill. Following the review of the concessionary price process, a package of measures has been developed to improve the system.
One of the solutions agreed between us and DHSC is that from 1st April 2023, all products granted a concessionary price will be classified as ‘Discount Not Deducted’ for the month(s) in which they are on concession.
In May 2023, DHSC implemented a process to roll over to the following month any agreed prices for concessions requested on or after the 23rd of the month.
Furthermore, from April 2024, a retrospective top-up payment system applies to products granted very low concessionary prices by DHSC when compared to the average purchase prices identified via the Margins survey. Further information on the top-up mechanism can be found here.
Please see our latest funding and reimbursement short video for further information on the recent changes to the price concession process.
