Hypromellose Eye Drops – An Explanation of What Has Happened. Recently we have had a few emails in as dispensing practices have had their Hypromellose Eye Drop prescriptions returned to them and they want to know why. The answer is that Hypromellose Eye Drops 0.3% were removed from the Drug Tariff Part VIIIA in June […]
Category: Dispensary Management
September 2022 Drug Tariff Changes
See the Latest Drug Tariff Changes for the Month of September 2022 Every month we publish a list of the upcoming Drug Tariff changes for the following month. This gives you and your dispensary team time to react to potential income changes for the future. It is vital that you understand the possible impact of […]
Breaking News! Portapharma Comes to the Rescue!
A dispensing doctor practice recently suffered a devastating fire in their dispensary which meant that the dispensary had to get back to dispensing as quickly as possible. And this is where Richard kay of Pharma Storage Solutions stepped in with a life saving and novel approach to their problem. A 40-foot Portaphama unit was installed […]
Manufacturer Discount Schemes
Are You Making the Most of the Manufacturer Discount Schemes? Welcome to our new dedicated Manufacturer Discount Scheme [MDS} section of the website where we aim to give you details of how to sign up for some of the direct MDS – don’t forget that there are some smaller direct MDS where the pharma company […]
Drug Tariff Changes August 2022
Drug Tariff Changes Acebutolol 400mg tablets Generic back available – at what price though? Previously the reimbursement price was based on a brand NHS list price – check your stock levels of the brand and look at the purchase price of generic acebutolol 400mg tablets x 28. If your purchase price is ABOVE the Drug […]
FAQs – Prescription Switches and What Happens to Prescriptions Once They Have Been Processed?
FAQs Prescription Switches and What Happens to Prescriptions Once They Have Been Processed? Q – What happens if a Practice wants to dispute prescriptions that have been switched? A – Please see link below to NHSBSA Website for relevant information and required form: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/drug-tariff/drug-tariff-part-xiv Please be aware re checked batches can also result in additional […]
Drug Tariff Changes July 2022
Drug Tariff Advance Notice of Changes for July 2022 The image below shows the upcoming changes to various products in Part VIIIA from July 1st 2022. For generic prescriptions for felodipine modified release tablets the reimbursement will presumably drop from the current price based on Plendil to the lower-priced Cardioplen XL price. Keep an eye […]
NEW Patient Pickup Point!
Richard Kay of Pharma Storage Solutions https://pharmacystoragesolutions.co.uk/ has developed a brilliant new idea aimed specifically at Dispensing Doctor practices – a new window to patient access point called the Patient Pickup Point . They say a picture is worth a thousand words and here is a mockup for an installation which is happening this month […]
Customer Service Survey
At Dispensing Doctor Experts we love your feedback and we have had some great responses to our ongoing FREE dispensary training webinars. To help us focus in a bit more on what you want, please take our very short customer service survey by clicking the link below. Don’t worry, its all anonymous and will only […]
Another PA Item Query
FAQ Inclisiran, VAT and Profitability Question: Is Inclisiran still a loss for dispensing doctors? Drug tariff is £55 AAH price is £45. With the clawback deducted it seems like there’s still a little profit plus dispensing fee, but I’ve read that we’d make a loss. Have I missed something in my workings? I’m trying to […]