Locally Commissioned Services

Virtual Drug Tariff

What is the Drug Tariff? The Drug Tariff is produced monthly by the Pharmaceutical Directorate of the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for the Secretary of State. The Drug Tariff provides information on what will be paid to contractors for [...]

Fees and allowances

Pharmacy contractors can claim various fees for dispensing certain products, some are automatically applied and some requirement endorsement. The tables below show which fees a pharmacy contractor can claim for and what or if the endorsement requirements are. Professional Fees [...]

Contract monitoring

NHS England regional teams have responsibility for monitoring the provision of Essential and Advanced services. Arrangements for monitoring locally commissioned services may be set out in local contracts or Service Level Agreements. NHS England’s regional teams use the Community Pharmacy [...]

Monthly payments

Further Resources Reconciling payments page Information Services Portal (ISP) by the NHSBSA Getting Px Reports factsheet Factsheet: Using Your Schedule of Payments to Monitor Performance Factsheet:  Claiming for EPS prescriptions on time Community Pharmacy England Briefing 010/20: Community Pharmacy Funding [...]

Prescription submission

Reimbursement

Dispensing Controlled Drugs

This page contains detailed information on dispensing Controlled Drugs (CDs), including regulations, instalment dispensing, methadone dispensing and reimbursement arrangements. This section contains information including regulations for Controlled Drugs (CDs), prescription validity, length of treatment, owings and private prescriptions for Schedule [...]

Dispensing a prescription

Special containers and products requiring reconstitution

How discount deduction works

Update: 28/03/23 – The Drug Tariff for April 2023 will contain changes to the discount deduction arrangements for pharmacy contractors, including changes which Community Pharmacy England rejected, and are subsequently being imposed. The changes being implemented from 1 April include: [...]

Consumables and container allowance

Part IV of the Drug Tariff sets out the guidance and payment information for consumables and container. Part IV states ‘A pharmacy contractor shall supply in a suitable container any drug which he is required to supply under Part II [...]

Completing your FP34C submission document and dispatching your prescription bundle

The following steps can help you and your pharmacy team to ensure that your prescriptions are processed for payment accurately and in a timely manner. Completing your FP34C submission DO Populate the FP34C claim form on the Manage Your Service [...]