The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7380 p751
17 December 2005

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Registration payments

Check correct rates have been applied

From Mr N. Shah, MRPharmS

My preregistration trainee was employed from September 2004 to September 2005. The payment claim from my local primary care trust should therefore have been for six months under the old contract rate and six under new higher rate. However, my PCT applied the higher rate only to the last four months.

After receiving advice from Sue Sharpe at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, I drew the PCT’s attention to the Drug Tariff, part XIII, which states that the grant is payable from 1 April 2005 so the PCT could not decide to pay at the lower rate. The error was then rectified.

I hope my experience is of interest to those who may not have checked if the correct rates have been applied in their claims.

Nitin Shah
Fulham Pharmacy, London

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