February is traditionally a fairly quite time in the NHS, especially with regards to Drug Tariff changes, and 2022 is no different. For the sake of completeness here are the additions, deletions and changes to the Drug Tariff and some comment from us on what they mean to a busy dispensary manager. Additions A number […]
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IMPORTANT Drug Tariff Changes January 2022
Your response to the Drug Tariff changes for January 2022, should be focused on the Category M Price changes. These Cat M changes includes a total of 621 Cat M prices going down, 74 of which are falling in price by more than 25 per cent. Some good news in the bad though is […]
New Licensed Version of Alimemazine 10mg/5ml Oral Sol. S/f
Don’t Forget to Sign Up for the Rebate Scheme! A new strength of alimemazine oral solution sugar free 10mg/5mL is now available for dispensing. [This was previously only available via Special Order.] In the NHSBSA Hints and Tips Dispensing Contractors Issue 44 (July 2021) the following information is given: “Unlicensed medicines update The following Actual […]
Clawback Explained
Dispensing Doctor reimbursement has, for at least the past 25 years, included an element known as “Clawback”. The technical name for this is “Discount Recovery”. For the purposes of this article we will refer to it as Clawback. For Dispensing Doctors the reimbursement of every item they dispense has the Clawback applied because The Department […]
Where Are Your Prescriptions Being Dispensed?
Dispensing Matters by Greg Bull I have been curious about the impact that Covid-19 has had on dispensing doctors for some time, my assumption being that as with community pharmacy, more and more patients would be having their prescriptions dispensed via an internet pharmacy. Having found some time today, whilst working on a project based […]
Maximize Space and Efficiency in Your Dispensary
We have known Richard Kay for many years and his company Pharma Storage Solutions have been refitting dispensing doctor dispensaries for many years. They take a holistic view and look at your GP Medical Centre as a hole, and they can see things you might not have seen for yourself. Its all about how you […]
FAQs, VAT, Your Invoices and Your Reporting
PA Items and Your Invoices Explained By Alastair Carmichael MRPharmS and Greg Bull Question: I am going through my notes from the PA items, VAT and profitability webinar and I am questioning myself what I need to do:- Throughout the month I receive all our invoices from Phoenix, Alliance Healthcare and AAH. Out of these […]
Drug Tariff Additions November 2021
The October 2021 preface includes those products which are going to be added for the November 2021 Drug tariff, meaning that they can be written generically, with no need to endorse as reimbursement will be based upon the Drug Tariff Price. Most interesting is the inclusion of a new strength of alimemazine oral solution sugar […]
Dispensing Fee Drops Dramatically
The new dispensing fee for the period October 2021 to April 2022 has been released with a drop in the fee paid per item as listed below. The average fall in the fee is 33.4p, which means for every 1000 items dispensed the drop in income will be about £334 per month. Over the six […]
PAMAN and dispensing practices – creating a paradigm shift in medication adherence
Putting dispensing practices at the forefront of change in Primary care The PAMAN System and Service A remote monitoring, medication administration and management support service, that is internet based and uses an audio- video hub device called a Medihub, to observe service users or patients taking their medication It is PAMAN monitoring team is made […]
