Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

Last year Community Pharmacy England and Healthwatch England launched an online Pharmacy First patient survey that pharmacy owners can direct patients to after receiving the service. The aim of this collaboration is to collect patient feedback on the service to help inform service improvements and to help to quantify the value of the service to [...] The post Reminder: please ask your patients to give feedback on Pharmacy First appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS-approved pharmacy clinical services IT systems have the functionality to receive referrals from other NHS providers, such as general practices. In many cases, these referrals are sent from the referrer’s IT system to the pharmacy system using IT functionality defined by the NHS Booking and Referral IT Standard (BaRS). What’s changed? The GP IT system, [...] The post IT update: More Pharmacy First referrals flowing directly into pharmacy systems appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (03/11/2025) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for October 2025. The final list for October 2025 includes seven further price concessions and improved prices for two products following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners. Drug Pack size Price concession [...] The post October 2025 Price concessions final update and improved prices appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Drug Tariff Preface published monthly, lists additions, deletions and other changes to products listed in the Drug Tariff. Below is a summary of the changes coming into effect from 1 November 2025. Key g Special container – This product is a special container and should be dispensed in its complete original pack size. n Item requiring reconstitution [...] The post Drug Tariff Watch – November 2025 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has identified a very small number of pharmacies that are declaring consistently and significantly above their actual number of prescription items dispensed each month when submitting their FP34C declaration via the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Given the Government’s obligations for Managing Public Money, the Department of Health and Social [...] The post Changes to Advance payments for pharmacies that consistently over-declare items on FP34C appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

From 1 November 2025, Estradot® Conti 30/95 transdermal patches and Estradot® Conti 40/130 transdermal patches have been added to the list of medicines covered by the HRT prepayment certificate (HRT PPC). This change has been reflected in Part XVI of the November 2025 Drug Tariff and on the NHSBSA’s website. Community Pharmacy England has also updated its HRT medicines list to reflect the [...] The post Estradot® Conti patches added to the HRT PPC medicines list appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

This is the fourth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around the Lateral Flow Device (LFD) service. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of the LFD service and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. This is the fourth of a series of articles to [...] The post LFD service myth busting series (#4) appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (31/10/2025) confirmed the following list of price concessions for October 2025: 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. [...] The post October 2025 Price Concessions 4th Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 61) contains some useful information and advice on: Complete the 2025 Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey Tadalafil and Vardenafil generic versions: SLS endorsement requirement removed Your batch submissions: do not use security pins Reminding patients to [...] The post NHSBSA ‘Hints & Tips’ – Issue 61 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts  series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video on claiming payment for EPS prescriptions. Correct EPS submission processes are a key part of ensuring pharmacy teams are paid accurately for the products supplied against electronic prescriptions and for preventing payment delays. In [...] The post Funding & Reimbursement Shorts: Claiming payment for EPS prescriptions appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.