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| 28th November 2008 |
Increase in Essential Small Pharmacy LPS Payments
The recent payment awarded by the Department of Health to Essential Small Pharmacies will be shown on the Schedule of Contractor Payments as 'LPS(ESP)(amendment)(No2) directions 2008' under 'Details of other amounts authorised'.
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| 26th November 2008 |
Correction to November edition of Impact
Contractors should note that the hard copy of the November edition of Impact has a mistake on page 3. The charge status should read E A, not C as published. The online PDF has been corrected. We are sorry if this has caused any confusion.
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| 24th
November 2008 |
PPD Open Days
The NHS Business Services Authority will be holding more open days in 2009
for dispensing contractors to visit its prescription processing offices to
see how we process prescriptions.
A list of dates and venues for the year are available here.
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| 24th
November 2008 |
Prescribing Review
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Jul - Sep 2008 Prescribing of NSAIDs) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page....more
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| 31st
October 2008 |
November edition of Impact available online
A pdf version of the latest edition of our quarterly newsletter for pharmacy and other dispensing contractors is available online....more
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| 30th
September 2008 |
Reminder to customers who send batches to Liverpool
Following the what's new item on 11 August, the NHSBSA PPD
would like to remind all of it's dispensing contractor
customers...more
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| 25th
September 2008 |
Category M Price Changes
Please note the following three products
have been recalculated...more
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| 17th
September 2008 |
Annual Review Summary 2007-2008
Click on the link above to view the NHSBSA Annual Review Summary for 2007-2008. |
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| 15th
September 2008 |
Online second edition of NPC's "Dispensing with Repeats.
A practical guide to Repeat Dispensing."
The National Prescribing Centre (NPC) has published a second edition of
"Dispensing with Repeats. A practical guide to Repeat Dispensing."...
more |
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| 3rd
September 2008 |
Annual Public Meeting
Members of the public are invited to attend a meeting
of the NHS Business Services Authority...more |
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| 2nd
September 2008 |
Category M Price Changes
The Department of Health have announced the
price changes for Category M which will apply
to prescriptions dispensed from the 1st October
2008. |
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1st September 2008 |
Biatain
The following products have been deleted from Part IXA of the Drug Tariff
for August 08, however...more
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26th August 2008 |
Compensation Arrangements: January - May 2008
The Department of Health and PSNC have agreed compensation arrangements
for any error due to NHSBSA PPD system failure and as a concession for
contractors who may not have been aware of flaws in their own business processes for
checking declarations of exemption on prescription forms, for the period from January - May 2008.
To read more, click here |
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22nd August 2008 |
Prescribing Review
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review
(Apr - Jun 2008 Drugs Used for Osteoporosis)
is now available on the Index of PPD Publications
page |
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22nd August 2008 |
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Not able to make one of our open days to see
how our new system works? |
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| 19th
August 2008 |
Changes to the List of Items for which Discount
is Not Deducted
The list of items for which discount is
not deducted had become lengthy and cumbersome
and the way items were listed was unclear...
more
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| 13th
August 2008 |
NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management
Services
Selected members of NHS Counter Fraud and
Security Management Services have been granted
access...more |
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| 11th
August 2008 |
Bolton, Durham and Liverpool PPD office
closures.
As part of our programme to bring in our
new processing system we are consolidating
all of our processing sites into three regional
ones based in the North East (Newcastle),
North West (Middlebrook) and Yorkshire (Wakefield)...more
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| 22nd
July 2008 |
One Additional item to be processed as discount
not deducted
1 additional item Neupro transdermal patches
treatment initiation pack, is to be processed
as Discount Not Deducted from 1st August.
This will not appear in the printed list
until the September Drug Tariff. |
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| 18th
July 2008 |
Additional items to be processed as discount
not deducted
12 additional items are to be processed
as Discount Not Deducted from 1st August.
These will not appear in the printed list
until the September Drug Tariff. |
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16th July 2008 |
Would you like to meet staff from the NHSBSA
PPD?
Check our PPD exhibitions
area to find out what events we'll be
at or how you can come on one our open days. |
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15th July 2008 |
Dispensing Endorsement Guidance
Dispensing
Endorsement Guidance has now been updated
in conjunction with PSNC. The new July 08
version is now available. |
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| 8th
July 2008 |
Switching – Compensation agreement
As a result of the introduction of new prescription
pricing technology in early 2007 by the
Prescription Pricing Division, the Capacity
Improvement Programme (CIP) there has been
a substantial increase in “switching” of
prescriptions............. |
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| 1st
July 2008 |
More PPD open day dates
Following the interest in our open days,
the NHSBSA PPD is offering more dates from
August to November...more
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| 1st
July 2008 |
Branded drugs that are produced by more
than one manufacturer
Some branded drugs are available from more
than one manufacturer, but are still licensed
under the same name...more
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| 20th
June 2008 |
Preston and Manchester office closures
These offices are now closed as of today
20 June...more |
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| 05th
June 2008 |
Latest
edition of Impact is out now.
Click here
to read our special edition of Impact which
focuses on our new processing technology.
Hard copies have been sent out. |
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| 27th
May 2008 |
January
- March 2008: Prescribing of drugs affecting
the renin-angiotensin system Prescribing
Review
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review
(Prescribing of drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin
system) is now available on the Index of
PPD Publications page. |
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| 22nd
May 2008 |
Prescription
processing offices closure plan
As
part of our programme to bring in our new
processing system we are consolidating our
existing nine processing sites into three
regional sites based in the North East (Newcastle),
North West (Horwich) and Yorkshire (Wakefield).
We have already started a programme to close
our other sites. These are Bolton, Durham,
Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Sheffield
and West Bromwich. |
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| 06th
May 2008 |
PPD
is open.
You may have heard that the PPD is planning
a number of open days...more |
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| 06th
May 2008 |
Latest
edition of Impact is out now.
Click here
to read an online pdf copy of Impact, which
includes guidance on preparing your batch
to send to the NHSBSA PPD, guidance on FP10MDA
forms and news about our Sheffield office
as well as the prescribing review report
on drugs used in asthma and COPD.
If you've received your hard copy, please
note that the web address on page 3 should
read as in the online
version. |
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| 19
March 2008 |
Offender
Health
From 1st April 2008, following a change
to the National Health Service (Charges
for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment (No.3)
Regulations 2007 (for England only)...more |
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| 07th
March 2008 |
Form
to report cases of switching
Please click
here to download a form to tell us about
prescriptions you believe have been incorrectly
switched. The information you send us on
this form will be used to assess the impact
of changes in PPD processes in checking
exemption declarations on the number of
forms that are switched and will inform
negotiations between the PSNC and the Department
of Health on any arrangements to address
contractors concerns with increased levels
of switching. |
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| 21
February 2008 |
Oct - Dec 2007 Drugs Used in Mental Health
Prescribing Review
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review
(Oct - Dec 2007 Drugs Used in Mental Health)
is now available on the Index of PPD Publications
page |
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| 7th
December 2007 |
Controlled Drug Requisitions
From 1st January 2008, pharmacy contractors
will be required to submit requisitions
used for the supply of schedule 2 and 3
controlled drugs to the NHSBSA PPD for audit
purposes following changes to the Misuse
of Drug Regulations. |
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| 19th
November 2007 |
Drugs used in Asthma and COPD Prescribing
Review
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review
(Jul - Sep 2007 Drugs used in Asthma and
COPD) is now available on the Index of PPD
Publications page. |
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| 19th
October 2007 |
Sorting & Submission of Private CD forms
Dispensing contractors are now required
to submit original Private Controlled Drug
Prescription for schedule 2 and 3 controlled
drugs. |
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| 17th
September 2007 |
Public
Meeting
Members of the public are invited to attend
a meeting of the NHS Business Services Authority
on Wednesday 19 September 2007...more
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| 31st
August 2007 |
Changes
to Private Prescription Submissions
The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Regulations 1980 have been amended
to remove the requirement for dispensing contractors
to retain dispensed private controlled drug
prescriptions for two years. From the 1st
of September 2007 dispensing contractors should
submit original Private Controlled Drug prescriptions
for schedule 2 or 3 CDs to the Prescription
Pricing Division. |
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| 21st
August 2007 |
Initial
implementer sites for Release 2 of the Electronic
Prescription Service (EPS)
Following the Department of Health (DH) and
NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) invitation
for Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to express
an interest in becoming initial implementers
for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription
Service, over one third responded.
Click the link above to find out which PCTs
have been selected along with background to
EPS |
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| 28th February 2007 |
| IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME BY THE
PRESCRIPTION PRICING DIVISION...more
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| 24th
January 2007 |
FP10MDA Dispensing Endorsement Guidance
This guidance provides further clarification
on dispensing endorsements for FP10MDA forms. |
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| 1st
April 2006 |
NHSBSA
The NHS Business Services
Authority was formally established as the
responsible body for the services and activities
described in this website on 1 April 2006.
Click here
for more information. |
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