By Dispex
There has been a small increase in the Dispensing Fees, which will amount to an average 8 pence per item
more. Practices are reminded that the scale relates to items assigned to each GP, whether they are a partner
or salaried. All prescriptions assigned to other prescribers e.g. Nurse Practitioners, Community prescriptions,
Hospital prescriptions and Dental prescriptions will automatically be added to the most senior partner within
the practice.
This will increase the number of items for that individual and as you can see, the more items an individual GP submits, the lower the dispensing fee for all those items. If you spread the items relatively evenly between the GPs, this can increase your fee per item by up to 10 pence, which is not insignificant. Most clinical systems have a way of allocating the prescriber to distribute the repeat prescriptions generated more evenly. The Fee Scale can be found in the Informatics section of the Dispex website.
