July 25th 2024

By Ailsa Colquhoun

Useful dispensary Hints & Tips

From Thursday 1 August 2024, the following medicines will no longer be in scope for the HRT PPC:

• Bedol
• Climanor
• Clinorette

This is due to the items being discontinued. As Climanor is being removed, the medicine medroxyprogesterone on its own will also be removed from the list. 

The list of items covered by the HRT PPC are included in the Drug Tariff. 

Additionally, patients can check their medicine is covered by the HRT PPC at www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/hrt-ppc-medicines

Hints and Tips Issue 56 (mailchi.mp) (July) also contains advice to avoid wrong group movements (patient declarations).

Read the tips to avoid prescription switching

Encourage your patients to check they’re entitled to free NHS prescriptions using the NHS eligibility checker.

Also in the edition for dispensing GPs:

• NHS Prescription Prepayment Certificates (PPC)
• End of month batch submissions