September 2022 Price Concessions 2nd Update

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (21/09/2022) granted the following list of price concessions:

Drug Pack size Price concession
Exemestane 25mg tablets 30 £17.70
Ezetimibe 10mg tablets 28 £2.60
Famotidine 20mg tablets 28 £19.40
Famotidine 40mg tablets 28 £32.95
Febuxostat 80mg tablets 28 £3.05
Finasteride 5mg tablets 28 £6.51
Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules 28 £2.43
Fluoxetine 20mg capsules 30 £1.60
Gabapentin 100mg capsules 100 £3.30
Gabapentin 600mg tablets 100 £7.16
Hydralazine 25mg tablets 56 £4.55
Hydroxocobalamin 1mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules 5 £12.25
Ibuprofen 100mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £4.20
Isotretinoin 20mg capsules 30 £14.89
Lacidipine 2mg tablets 28 £2.95
Lacidipine 4mg tablets 28 £4.19
Lercanidipine 20mg tablets 28 £8.10
Methocarbamol 750mg tablets 100 £13.17
Mometasone 0.1% cream 100 £8.99
Mometasone 0.1% cream 30 £4.13
Mometasone 0.1% ointment 100 £9.85
Montelukast 4mg granules sachets sugar free 28 £6.79
Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets 50 £8.75
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules 84 £10.59
Nebivolol 2.5mg tablets 28 £19.99
Nebivolol 5mg tablets 28 £1.72
Nizatidine 150mg capsules 30 £22.25
Norethisterone 5mg tablets 30 £8.05
Olmesartan medoxomil 40mg tablets 28 £4.04
Oxybutynin 5mg tablets 56 £2.00
Paroxetine 20mg tablets 30 £1.89
Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets 28 £2.69
Prasugrel 10mg tablets 28 £9.05
Prednisolone 5mg soluble tablets 30 £20.19
Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets 56 £32.07
Rizatriptan 10mg tablets 3 £4.07
Solifenacin 10mg tablets 30 £2.30
Solifenacin 5mg tablets 30 £2.25
Tetracycline 250mg tablets 28 £7.64
Tizanidine 2mg tablets 120 £8.28
Tranexamic acid 500mg tablets 60 £7.20
Travoprost 40micrograms/ml / timolol 5mg/ml eye drops 2.5 £5.75

The DHSC previously announced (20/09/2022) the following list of price concessions:

Drug Pack size Price concession
Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £11.45
Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £13.94
Amisulpride 200mg tablets 60 £28.57
Amisulpride 50mg tablets 60 £9.20
Amorolfine 5% medicated nail lacquer 5 £7.34
Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 100 £2.40
Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £2.69
Bimatoprost 100micrograms/ml eye drops 3 £3.75
Bisacodyl 5mg gastro-resistant tablets 60 £4.75
Brimonidine 0.2% eye drops 5 £4.72
Chlorpromazine 100mg tablets 28 £30.91
Chlorpromazine 25mg tablets 28 £30.93
Chlorpromazine 50mg tablets 28 £31.41
Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 70 £4.99
Dipyridamole 100mg tablets 84 £26.91
Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £4.60
Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £6.37
Escitalopram 10mg tablets 28 £1.95
Escitalopram 5mg tablets 28 £1.15
Temazepam 10mg tablets 28 £27.00

PSNC is seeking improvements to the current price concessions system following significant concerns raised by pharmacy contractors about the unsustainable level of prices, imposed by DHSC in the past few months, for certain medicines and has sent a strong and clear message back to Government that pharmacies cannot subsidise the NHS medicines bill, escalating this within the DHSC and insisting that they find urgent solutions.

To hear more on how the current price concessions system operates, pharmacy teams can now access a recording of PSNC’s recent webinar here.

No additional endorsements are required for price concessions. A price concession only applies for the month in which it is granted.

PSNC is still working with the DHSC to agree further concessionary prices on other drugs reported to be unavailable at the stated September 2022 Drug Tariff price. Please note that PSNC cannot provide details of any generic products awaiting price concession approval from DHSC.

If you have problems obtaining a Part VIII product at the stated Drug Tariff price, please report the issue using the online feedback form on the PSNC website. Please include full details of the supplier and price paid for any products sourced above the Drug Tariff price. PSNC will investigate the extent of the problem and, if appropriate, discuss the issue with DHSC.

Contractors will be alerted to further updates to the price concession list through our website and via our e-news email.  If you wish to subscribe to our email list, you can receive an email as soon as any announcements are made.