Guidance issued on declaring dispensing process hours
In order to make it easier for contractors in England and Wales to fill in details of dispensing staff on the FP34C submission form, the Department of Health and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee last week issued a statement explaining the dispensing
staff declaration.
From October, pharmacies will need to declare the total number of hours
staff spend supporting the dispensing process in an average week. This
can include pharmacists, technicians, assistants and medicines counter
assistants, although only the number of hours spent supporting the dispensing
process may be counted. Staff away on annual leave or off sick can be
included in the declaration, as can vacant posts for which a pharmacy
is actively seeking a replacement.
During the transition period for the new community pharmacy contract,
all pharmacies will receive the practice payment related to the number
of prescriptions that they have dispensed. From 1 October, pharmacies
that have staffing levels below the minimum set out in Part VIA of the
Drug Tariff for the number of items dispensed will only receive the level
of the practice payment corresponding to their actual level of staffing. |
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