As every dispenser knows, the purchase price of generics can vary month on month and from supplier to supplier. So how do you cope with the vagaries of generic purchase pricing? Do you stick to one supplier of generics? Do you use a supplier who promises to price match your best generic price elsewhere? Do […]
Category: Drug Tariff England and Wales
Drug Tariff Changes August and September
August Changes: Additions: Of interest are 2 entries for what were Special Order items and now have proprietary/ generic prices – watch you’re not paying more than the new list price: Co-codamol 30/500mg / 5ml Oral Soln SF 150ml £11.99 Cat A Solifenacin 5mg/5ml Oral Soln SF 150ml £28.81 Cat A Some new Appliances have […]
FAQs
This Week’s FAQ is based around Hypromellose Eye Drops and the Drug Tariff Question: Can you help me please? I valued very much the online webinar on the Drug Tariff, and pass on lots of info at the beginning of the month in my weekly newsletter to the GP partners. I am looking currently at […]
Category M Prices Drop July 2021
The latest Category M Drug Tariff reimbursement prices have finally been published, later than usual. And they show a lot of prices dropping, some dramatically with a few prices rising. But its mainly about the prices which are falling. According to the DDA website the average fall is nearly 20p per item, which will hit […]
BNF 01 Formulary Development
Formulary Development BNF 01 Gastrointestinal Products Whilst working my way through the Prescription Cost Analysis figures for a project I was surprised to see how large the volume of prescriptions was in 2019 for some of the therapies available. For example, the generic descriptor in the BNF for Alginic acid compound preparations had a total […]
Drug Tariff Changes June 2021
Drug Tariff News June 2021 As you will have all experienced now, DT is only available online and there are no new “door stop” paper copies landing in your dispensary! We are running some webinars on how to get the most out of the Drug Tariff Online in the next few weeks, but here are […]
Category M Price Changes April 2021
The Category M prices for April 2021 have been announced on the NHS Prescription Services website which can be found here. This quarter the price changes have been announced later than usual. What to look out for? The top ten price drops can be seen below: Drug Name Pack size Change Liothyronine 20microgram tablets 28 […]
Drug Tariff Price Update March 2021
Drug Tariff News – March Part VIIIA reimbursement prices (issued 19 March) The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed the March Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement prices for the following items: Chlorpromazine 50mg tablets 28 £19.95Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets 10 £3.11Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £1.82Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £3.18Enalapril 10mg tablets 28 £5.99Eplerenone 25mg tablets […]
March 2021 Drug Tariff Further Update
March is generally a quieter month for Tariff activity, prior to the start of April. 1st April is the start of the new financial quarter and there will be Category M price changes. This can be seen a few weeks in advance via this link: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/drug-tariff/drug-tariff-part-viii If you or someone in your team has time, […]
March 2021 Drug Tariff Changes
Advance Notice – Drug Tariff Changes March 2021 Additions The seeming current trend for commonly used Over the Counter medicines to be added to the Drug tariff by their generic name continues for March 2021. This leads me a list of questions for General Practitioners and Dispensary Managers: How many prescriptions have you written for […]
