Community Pharmacy England (CPE) - News updates

Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined January, February and March 2026 reimbursement prices for the following products to reflect an increase in their NHS list prices. To avoid pharmacy owners dispensing these products at a loss, DHSC has [...] The post Retrospective reimbursement prices for January, February and March 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The following price concessions granted in March 2026 have rolled over to April 2026: Drug  Pack size Price concession Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £1.64 Lacosamide 200mg tablets 56 £4.42 Please note any rolled over prices can be adjusted upwards if we receive reports from pharmacy owners to indicate suppliers’ selling prices have increased. The review [...] The post Rolled Over Price Concessions For April 2026 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (02/04/2026) confirmed the following final list of price concessions for March 2026: Drug Pack size Price concession Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £1.64 Apixaban 5mg tablets 56 £2.29 Nefopam 60mg tablets 60 £20.09 Nifedipine 5mg capsules 90 £44.80 For the full list of price concessions granted for [...] The post March 2026 Price Concessions Final Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Update 02/04/2026 – The NHSBSA has advised that the batch documentation printing issue on MYS has been resolved. Some pharmacy owners have flagged that they are experiencing problems submitting their monthly payment claim on the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Community Pharmacy England quickly raised this with the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), who informed [...] The post MYS batch documentation printing issue appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group (CPPSG) has issued various bank holiday resources that are useful for pharmacy owners and their team members in the run-up to the Easter bank holiday period.  The resources focus on support for pharmacy owners managing additional challenges regarding opioid treatment programmes during bank holiday periods.  Focus on Methadone video – watch now  Bank Holiday Checklist – opioid treatment programmes – download now  Pharmacy owners and pharmacy team members are also reminded to follow [...] The post Bank holiday resources appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy owners are reminded that they are not permitted to subcontract the New Medicine Service (NMS) to third-party, off-site providers. If they do, contrary to the Directions last year, they run the risk of recovery of the payment for these services by ICBs (through NHS England’s Post-Payment Verification processes) and being found in breach of [...] The post Reminder – New Medicine Service (NMS) providing the service offsite appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Pharmacy teams are reminded that the NHS prescription charge will remain at £9.90 per prescription item for 2026/27. A Government press release (released on 21/11/2025) previously confirmed that the NHS prescription charge would be frozen for 2026/27, as well as the costs for prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs). The list of 2026/27 prescription-related charges are outlined below. NHS charges for [...] The post NHS prescription charges to remain at £9.90 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (31/03/2026) confirmed the following list of price concessions for March 2026: Please note: Community Pharmacy England has submitted price concession applications for a number of other medicines affected by pricing issues this month. We will issue further updates as soon as we hear back from the [...] The post March 2026 Price Concessions 4th Update appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

The Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service) will continue to be commissioned as an Advanced service through 2026/27. NHS England has agreed the fee for provision of the service will increase to £4.19 + VAT from 1st April 2026, following a request from Community Pharmacy England [...] The post C-19 LFD service: commissioning continues through 2026/27 appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Chlordiazepoxide 5mg and 10mg capsules. MSN/2026/021 Tier 2 – Medium impact Date of issue: 30 March 2026 Chlordiazepoxide 5mg and 10mg capsules (Viatris) are out of stock until mid-July 2026. Chlordiazepoxide 10mg capsules (Kent Pharma) have been discontinued. Chlordiazepoxide 5mg capsules [...] The post Medicine Supply Notification: Chlordiazepoxide 5mg and 10mg capsules appeared first on Community Pharmacy England.