NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has said that it has identified 'a very small number of pharmacies' that are consistently declaring above their actual number of prescription items dispensed each month, when submitting their FP34C declaration via the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has warned that such pharmacies will no longer receive an advance payment based on their FP34C declaration.
Instead, their payment will be calculated using the actual number of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) claims received by the NHSBSA.
This change will be reflected in the November Drug Tariff, and any affected pharmacies will see changes to their advance payments from November.
Affected contractors will receive an email from the NHSBSA informing them of the change to their advance payment calculation. Pharmacies are reminded to count and declare their item figures correctly each month.
