Prescription sorting

Some community pharmacists will be receiving letters from the NHS Business Services Authority asking for changes to be made to the way that prescriptions are bundled for submission.

This will involve separating prescriptions endorsed with a broken bulk claim, and calendar pack prescriptions where the quantity prescribed differs from the pack size and the quantity ordered has been dispensed.

The changes are required as part of the Prescription Pricing Division’s capacity improvement programme

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee says it is seeking recognition of the cost incurred by this extra work.