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QUICK LINKS Pharmacy Regulations 2013 Under the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013, pharmacies are required to provide a Fitness to Practise declaration to NHS England (through their ICB) when they join a pharmaceutical list, and to keep [...]
Published on: 19th July 2013 | Updated on: 16th May 2024
QUICK LINKS Pharmacy Regulations 2013 FAQs Q. Can I offer a free gift such as a voucher for new patients who bring in a prescription to be dispensed by the pharmacy for the first time? A. No. The Terms of [...]
Published on: 19th July 2013 | Updated on: 16th May 2024
Processing site details The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has three processing sites. Prescriptions should be sent to one of the following scanning sites : Ridgway House, Northgate Close, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6PQ Bridge House, 152 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon [...]
Published on: 19th July 2013 | Updated on: 20th July 2023
The Pricing Authority CIP To improve the efficiency of prescription pricing, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), introduced an automated pricing system, known as the Capacity Improvement Programme (CIP) in 2007. Since the introduction of CIP, Community Pharmacy England’s auditing function (see [...]
Published on: 19th July 2013 | Updated on: 1st April 2022
Pharmacy contractors concerned about prescription pricing errors may request the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) to carry out a recheck of prescription(s) (or entire monthly prescription bundles) if it is believed that they have been priced incorrectly. This factsheet explains [...]
Published on: 19th July 2013 | Updated on: 1st April 2022
Community Pharmacy England’s Pricing Audit Centre The Pricing Audit Centre (PAC) team conducts independent checks to verify the accuracy of the pricing of prescriptions by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). They also complete the monthly audit of the Margin [...]
Published on: 19th July 2013 | Updated on: 1st April 2022
See our Community Pharmacy England Briefing 020/22: Understanding prescription returns and disallowed items. Where the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) cannot process a prescription item for payment due to insufficient endorsed information, it is returned to the pharmacy for the [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 23rd January 2024
As prices in the market are constantly changing, there is an agreed mechanism in place to increase and decrease the reimbursement prices for medicines. This is intended to take into account pharmacies having stock of certain products already on their [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 8th December 2023
There are reimbursement arrangements in place for times when pharmacy contractors need to split an original pack in order to dispense the prescribed quantity to recognise the need to obtain extra packaging and patient leaflets. FAQs Related Resources Container and [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 15th March 2022
QUICK LINKS REF: Drug Tariff Part IX Dispensing Appliances (Service specification) Drug Tariff Appliance Watch: Notice of Deletion Products registered as medical devices are also known as appliances and must be listed in the Drug Tariff to be allowed to [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 7th September 2022
Different types of prescribers hold different prescribing rights. It is important for pharmacy teams to be able to identify what each type of prescriber is entitled to prescribe to avoid disallowed prescriptions. Click on a drop-down option below for further [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 15th May 2024
On 1st April 2013, a new requirement was brought in to ensure prescriptions contain a prescriber cost centre code. During pricing, the Pricing Authority use this code to identify the cost centre in order to recharge the costs to the [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 30th March 2022
Only certain types of paper prescription forms can be used for dispensing within the NHS and with varying lengths of legal validity. It is therefore important for community pharmacy teams to be able to identify which paper form types are [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 15th May 2024
The Health and Social Care Network (HSCN), is the replacement for N3 formerly managed by BT. Since 2017, NHS Digital have started to provide and maintain this ‘health network of networks’. It is the online network which connects all NHS [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 12th October 2023
This webpage for pharmacy contractors and pharmacy team members lists some training and development options relating to digital technology subtopics. Further info If you have queries on this webpage or you require more information please contact it@cpe.org.uk. [...]
Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 15th November 2023
