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September 22nd 2023
The latest Category M adjustment (for October 2023) adds 10 items, bringing the total number of items in Category M to 661.
This adjustment reflects underlying market prices (between April – June 2023) and the result of the community pharmacy margin survey (latest result up until end of March 2023).
As well as the adjustments for market prices, medicine margin will be adjusted downwards by £21 million per quarter through Category M reimbursement prices.
The summary effect is that 161 lines are up in price, 14 by over 50 per cent and 473 prices are down in price, eight by over 50 per cent.
The new items are:
| Product | size | Price (£) |
| Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream | 30 | 1.71 |
| Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream | 100 | 3.54 |
| Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops | 3 | 4.08 |
| Cabergoline 500microgram tablets | 8 | 17.69 |
| Co-amilofruse 5mg/40mg tablets | 28 | 6.07 |
| Dexamfetamine 5mg tablets | 28 | 14.80 |
| Lorazepam 500microgram tablets | 28 | 19.48 |
| Olopatadine 1mg/ml eye drops | 5 | 3.61 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 10mg tablets | 56 | 13.55 |
| Pyridostigmine bromide 60mg tablets | 200 | 21.05 |
DDA members can view the spreadsheet of Q3 adjustments, with price history, and sorted by price order, change and % price change online in the Category M Updates Archives
