Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25579
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 24 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on (a) cashflow, (b) income and (c) patient access to medication of practices of receiving re-imbursement monthly rather than quarterly for each
Answer
Stephen KinnockContractors are already paid monthly. The full payment timetable for community pharmacy contractors is detailed in Clause 5C Part I of the Drug Tariff, and on the Schedule of Payments that contractors receive each month.In 2021, in recognition of the impr...
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