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April 17th 2025

Healthcare teams urged to get flu vaccination

The chief medical officer for Scotland has urged healthcare teams to get a flu vaccination during the 2025-26 season, due to falling staff vaccination rates. A letter from the CMO shows that flu vaccine uptake for healthcare workers fell from 42.2 p

April 7th 2025

Tax credit prescription change exemptions ended on April 5

Tax credit payments made by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) ended on Saturday 5 April 2025. After this date, people who hold a tax credit exemption certificate will no longer receive automatic entitlement to free NHS prescriptions under the ‘Ta

March 26th 2025

Hub and spoke legislation to be laid

Legislation to enable hub and spoke dispensing will be laid in the coming weeks to come into force later this year, health minister Stephen Kinnock has said. The chosen model for hub and spoke is the spoke-hub-spoke model where the dispensary suppli

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March 25th 2025

Prescription charges rolled over for now

The Government has yet to conclude consideration of any increases to prescription charges and prescription pre-payment certificates (PPCs) for 2025/26. The current charges will therefore roll over into April 2025. The DDA will update dispensary

March 3rd 2025

Creon goes solo with Alliance

Viatris UK has announced that, from 1 March 2025, all orders of licensed Creon® preparations should be placed directly with Alliance Healthcare UK. This is a shift away from the current three-wholesaler (AAH, Alliance Healthcare U

February 24th 2025

DDA produces financial challenges briefing paper

The DDA has produced guides for ICBs and health boards in Wales and in Scotland detailing the financial pressures facing dispensing practice. The briefing documents explain the financial challenges and urge commissioners to support their local dispe

February 10th 2025

News on updated FP10s in latest BSA Hints & Tips

Information on updated FP10s to reflect the end of tax credits from Saturday 5 April is included in the latest Hints & Tips from NHS BSA. New forms remove the reference to the tax credit exemption certificate. Hints and Tips Issue 58 highlights

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