PQS: One week left to claim the Aspiration payment

Pharmacy owners have one week left to claim an Aspiration payment for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2025/26 as the window for claiming this payment closes at 11.59pm on Friday 16th May 2025.

The Aspiration payment is optional; if pharmacy owners do not want to claim it, it will not impact on the pharmacy owner’s ability to claim a PQS payment during the declaration period. There is also no requirement to have claimed for a previous PQS to claim an Aspiration payment for PQS 2025/26.

If pharmacy owners wish to claim for an Aspiration payment, they should review the requirements of the PQS 2025/26, decide which domains they intend to meet when they make their PQS declaration (between 9am on 2nd February and 11.59pm on 27th February 2026) and declare this on the NHS Business Services Authority’s Manage Your Service (MYS) portal.

Pharmacy owners will be paid their Aspiration payment on 1st July 2025.

Further information on the PQS 2025/26 can be found on our PQS hub page.