Published: 04/05/22

Summary

This circular advises of changes to the Drug Tariff with respect to remuneration arrangements for the dispensing pool month of March 2022.

This temporary payment adjustment is required to regulate the delivery of the remuneration Global Sum for 2021/22.

Detail

A change in the Drug Tariff in respect of the month of March 2021 will be made via a dispensing pool balancing payment.

An adjusted dispensing pool balancing payment is introduced for the dispensing month March 2022 only. The payment to each eligible contractor is calculated as 13.2% of the base dispensing pool payment – or where it applies the minimum monthly payment. This will be paid as ‘DP_Balance’ adjustment in May payment schedules.

Eligibility for the dispensing payment is to be on the pharmaceutical list on 1 March 2022 and have a calculated based dispensing payment for that month.