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The LPC has been working with South Tyneside Council and Waythrough (formally Humankind) and are pleased to announce that from the 1st October 2025 an increase of 25% (plus annual inflationary uplifts) on tariff fees paid for drug supervision services will apply.
Service Current Tariff. New Tariff Sup. Con. - Methadone £2.22 £2.78 Sup. Con. - Buprenorphine £ 3.32 £4.15 This will be applied automatically through PharmOutcomes and backdated to the 1st October. Waythrough are currently preparing a new SLA to reflect this agreed increase and this will be shared with contractors in due course. The Council and Waythrough understand the important role that community pharmacy teams play in supporting some of our most vulnerable residents and the extremely difficult financial situation that exists in community pharmacy at the moment. Commenting on the increase in fees, Dave Carter, LPC Chair said “We are really pleased that both the Council and Waythrough understand the important role that community pharmacy teams plays in substance misuse with these vulnerable patients; and the extremely difficult financial situation that exists in community pharmacy at the moment. This increase goes a long way towards covering community pharmacy costs for this service and I’m sure will be welcomed by contractors providing it.”
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 Further to our communications regarding the minor ailments claims.
We have now added the updated claim form for future cliams to the LPC website. It can be accessed by clicking here or by clicking the red button on the home page. The form can be downloaded and used for new claims from May 2014.  The government has reversed its decision to exclude independent pharmacies from its £2,000 employment allowance, following campaigns by a number of community pharmacy organisations.
Contractors were previously unable to claim for the allowance, which was announced on April 6, because they carried out more than half of their work for the NHS and were deemed “public sector” businesses. But HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) confirmed on May 6 that the government had changed its mind and independents would be eligible for the allowance, in the wake of a three-week campaign by pharmacy groups including all-party pharmacy group chair Sir Kevin Barron and shadow health minister Jamie Reed, who threw their weight behind the campaign. “Following representations received from pharmacies and representative bodies clarifying and providing further details of their work, HMRC has come to the conclusion that independent pharmacies do not come within the exclusion when they are dispensing NHS prescriptions,” a government spokesperson said. HMRC have now updated their online guidance which can now be accessed by clicking Here. The LPC recommends you read this guidance to ensure that your organisations meet the criteria. |
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