March 2026 Price Concessions 1st Update
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (18/03/2026) confirmed the following initial list of price concessions for March 2026:
| Drug | Pack size | Price concession |
| Betamethasone 500microgram soluble tablets sugar free | 100 | £46.50 |
| Carbocisteine 375mg capsules | 120 | £3.18 |
| Cefalexin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 100 | £4.52 |
| Clobazam 10mg tablets | 30 | £2.51 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg capsules | 100 | £5.50 |
| Eplerenone 50mg tablets | 28 | £3.14 |
| Fusidic acid 1% modified-release eye drops | 5 | £35.00 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg orodispersible tablets | 28 | £3.35 |
| Methenamine hippurate 1g tablets | 60 | £19.00 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 28 | £0.97 |
| Mometasone 0.1% cream | 100 | £11.53 |
| Mometasone 0.1% cream | 30 | £3.57 |
| Oxybutynin 2.5mg tablets | 56 | £3.25 |
| Rabeprazole 10mg gastro-resistant tablets | 28 | £1.49 |
| Rabeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets | 28 | £2.14 |
| Rosuvastatin 40mg tablets | 28 | £1.81 |
| Sotalol 40mg tablets | 28 | £2.67 |
| Tibolone 2.5mg tablets | 28 | £5.50 |
| Tolterodine 1mg tablets | 56 | £10.82 |
The following price concessions rolled over from February 2026 to March 2026:
| Drug | Pack size | Price concession |
| Quinine sulfate 300mg tablets | 28 | £2.01 |
| Venlafaxine 37.5mg tablets | 56 | £2.60 |
Please note: Community Pharmacy England has submitted price concession applications for a number of other medicines affected by pricing issues this month. We will issue further updates as soon as we hear back 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.
Next Steps
Pharmacy teams should continue to report any problems obtaining a Part VIII product at or below the stated Drug Tariff price, using the online feedback form on our 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, submit further price concession applications to DHSC. Any prices granted by DHSC, will only be agreed by Community Pharmacy England if they are supported by the reports received by our team.
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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)
