October Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 4th October 2024
Monthly threshold reduced to 20
The ability of pharmacies to achieve the thresholds for the monthly clinical pathway payment has been an ongoing topic of great concern for all.
CPE have been discussing this issue with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, and Ministers have now decided that they will reduce the October threshold to 20.
Read the Drug Tariff determination
New caps introduced from October for Clinical Pathways numbers
From 1st October 2024 there are new caps on the number of consultations that can be delivered per month based on actual previous delivery of clinical pathways.
A list of pharmacy owners, their assigned Band and monthly cap can be found on the NHS Business Services Authority’s (NHSBSA) website: