Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee

Two weeks left to respond to consultation on Minor Ailment Service toolkit

There is now only two weeks left to submit feedback on the Minor Ailment Service toolkit consultation before this closes...

PSNC responds to RCGP’s forecast of increasing waits for GP appointments

PSNC has today responded to a warning from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) that patients across England face...

Ask PSNC: NUMSAS FAQs

The team at PSNC has received a number of queries on the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service (NUMSAS) since...

July 2017 Price Concessions/NCSO (further update)

The Department of Health has granted the following price concessions for July 2017: Drug Pack size Price concession Betahistine 16mg...

Consultation on items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care

NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC) and NHS England have today published proposals on 18 medicines which they suggest should no longer...

LPC News: Study shows variation in LA commissioning of public health services

BMJ Open has published the results of a study which evaluated variation in local authority (LA) commissioning of community pharmacy...

Health & Care Review

Keeping up with all the latest developments in health and care policy could almost be a full time job and...

EPS enhancements survey – pharmacy teams, please share your views

NHS Digital has launched a survey to gather the views of community pharmacy teams about which enhancements to the Electronic...

Contractor Announcement: August Category M Adjustments

Category M reimbursement prices will be reduced from August by £15m per month for a 12-month period. The reductions correct...

Service case study: The community pharmacy patient activation project in Cornwall

In December 2016, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly LPC and the South West Cardiovascular Clinical Network, with support from Pfizer,...

Health & Care Review

Keeping up with all the latest developments in health and care policy could almost be a full time job and...

Quality Payments: Are you using the SCR calculator ahead of the November review point?

Community pharmacy contractors are reminded that the Summary Care Record (SCR) usage calculator tool, as referenced in NHS England’s quality criteria...