The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7465 p170
18 August 2007

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English contractors must send pricing authority original CD prescriptions

Pharmacy contractors in England will be required to send original private prescription forms for Controlled Drugs (form FP10PCD), and not photocopies, to the NHS pricing office from 1 September 2007. The same applies to the equivalent prescriptions originating from Scotland (PPCD[1]) and Wales (WP10PCD), but dispensed by pharmacies in England.

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee information pharmacist Kam Amrith said the change in legal requirements would reduce contractors’ workload and lead to cost savings. But the PSNC remains concerned that private CD prescriptions have to be sent to pricing offices separately from the monthly returns of NHS forms and accompanied by a form that is only available on the internet.

“We believe that this continues to place an unnecessary administrative burden on pharmacy contractors and advocate integration of the submission process for NHS and private CD prescriptions,” she said.

Contractors in Wales will continue to keep the originals of private prescriptions for CDs and send photocopies to Health Solutions Wales. Contractors in Scotland already have to send original of PPCD(1) forms to their NHS pricing office.