March 2022 Price Concessions 1st Update

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (22/03/2022) granted the following initial list of price concessions:

Drug Pack size Price Concession
Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £4.64
Amisulpride 200mg tablets 60 £6.04
Amisulpride 50mg tablets 60 £2.79
Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 15 £1.10
Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 21 £1.54
Atenolol 50mg tablets 28 £0.86
Benzydamine 0.15% oromucosal spray sugar free 30 £1.99
Celecoxib 100mg capsules 60 £8.85
Celecoxib 200mg capsules 30 £8.39
Cinnarizine 15mg tablets 84 £3.99
Clarithromycin 250mg tablets 14 £1.17
Clarithromycin 500mg tablets 14 £1.95
Clomipramine 10mg capsules 28 £2.42
Clomipramine 25mg capsules 28 £4.86
Clomipramine 50mg capsules 28 £8.36
Clonidine 25microgram tablets 112 £12.80
Co-amilozide 5mg/50mg tablets 28 £18.24
Co-dydramol 10mg/500mg tablets 100 £7.42
Co-dydramol 10mg/500mg tablets 30 £2.23
Cyclizine 50mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules 5 £6.45
Dexamethasone 2mg tablets 50 £3.89
Dipyridamole 100mg tablets 84 £25.44
Dosulepin 75mg tablets 28 £11.20
Enalapril 10mg tablets 28 £3.75
Enalapril 5mg tablets 28 £5.15
Esomeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets 28 £4.95
Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant tablets 28 £5.45
Famotidine 40mg tablets 28 £26.48
Fenofibrate micronised 160mg tablets 28 £3.93
Fenofibrate micronised 200mg capsules 28 £2.50
Hydroxocobalamin 1mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules 5 £5.50
Ibuprofen 100mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £3.24
Lamotrigine 5mg dispersible tablets sugar free 28 £9.25
Lansoprazole 15mg orodispersible tablets 28 £3.25
Lansoprazole 30mg orodispersible tablets 28 £4.78
Loratadine 5mg/5ml oral solution 100 £5.82
Losartan 100mg tablets 28 £3.45
Losartan 25mg tablets 28 £1.86
Losartan 50mg tablets 28 £2.45
Metformin 500mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 150 £35.95
Midazolam 10mg/2ml solution for injection ampoules 10 £6.48
Mometasone 0.1% cream 100 £10.27
Mometasone 0.1% ointment 100 £9.92
Mometasone 0.1% ointment 30 £4.23
Nizatidine 150mg capsules 30 £22.95
Orlistat 120mg capsules 84 £24.99
Oxazepam 10mg tablets 28 £5.69
Oxybutynin 5mg tablets 56 £1.40
Paracetamol 500mg soluble tablets 24 £2.78
Paracetamol 500mg soluble tablets 100 £11.58
Pioglitazone 45mg tablets 28 £2.68
Prednisolone 5mg soluble tablets 30 £10.00
Rivastigmine 3mg capsules 28 £3.53
Ropinirole 1mg tablets 84 £48.50
Ropinirole 250microgram tablets 12 £3.62
Ropinirole 2mg tablets 28 £18.04
Ropinirole 500microgram tablets 28 £6.00
Sodium bicarbonate 500mg capsules 56 £3.80
Tolbutamide 500mg tablets 28 £26.99
Tolterodine 1mg tablets 56 £2.35
Tolterodine 2mg tablets 56 £2.92
Topiramate 100mg tablets 60 £3.72
Topiramate 25mg tablets 60 £2.25
Topiramate 50mg tablets 60 £2.25
Trazodone 50mg capsules 84 £3.55
Trimethoprim 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 100 £9.75
Valsartan 40mg capsules 28 £3.01
Warfarin 500microgram tablets 28 £1.35

No additional endorsements are required for price concessions. A price concession only applies for the month in which it is granted.

PSNC is still working with the DHSC to agree further concessionary prices on other drugs reported to be unavailable at the stated March 2022 Drug Tariff price. Please note that PSNC cannot provide details of any generic products awaiting price concession approval from DHSC.

If you have problems obtaining a Part VIII product at the stated Drug Tariff price, please report the issue using the online feedback form on the PSNC website. Please include full details of the supplier and price paid for any products sourced above the Drug Tariff price. PSNC will investigate the extent of the problem and, if appropriate, discuss the issue with DHSC.

Contractors will be alerted to further updates to the price concession list through our website and via our e-news email.  If you wish to subscribe to our email list, you can receive an email as soon as any announcements are mad

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