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The DES Specification Contract has been announced: Training Funding!!
Leadership and Management Training Funding The 2024-25 PCN DES contract specification allows for a Leadership and Management payment, but this is now combined into the core PCN Funding. Please click...
The rise of the Caldicott principles
May 16, 2024 by Phil – Practice Index Caldicott, confidentiality and the UK GDPR are probably terms you’ve heard of. You likely associate them with your day-to-day work (there’s a very...
NHS App messaging saved NHS more than £1 million in last year
Source : NHS England 7.5.24 Messages sent to millions of patients via the NHS App have saved the NHS £1.1 million on the cost of previously sending the information via...
Mental Health Awareness Week
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Work-Life Harmony in Dispensing practice
By Kirstye Todd, Dispex Tutor Balancing the demands of a career in healthcare with personal responsibilities can be a daunting task. The nature of working in a dispensary requires dedication...
Utilise your membership!
Dispex is led by two dispensing doctors, Dr Koopowitz and Dr Kant, which enables us to recognise and target the specialised difficulties, then offer the necessary advice, a Dispensing...
Hay Fever Formulary 2024
By Dispex Whilst patients are encouraged to self-medicate, many dispensing patients do not have easy access to over-the-counter medications and thus rely on prescriptions from their doctors. In addition, some...
Concessions – the next frontier for the clawback mechanism
By Dispex Prior to April 2024, the DHSC clawed back any profit that pharmacy was making over and above the allowed profit. The profit is assessed on the purchase prices...
Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS)
MDS systems can be known by several other names, but ultimately they all mean the same thing……. Nomad Trays Blister packs Multi Compartment Compliance Aids Dossette Boxes Are all disposable...
PCN Training Funding for 2024-2025!!
Leadership and Management Training Funding The 2024-25 PCN DES contract specification allows for a Leadership and Management payment, but this is now combined into the core PCN Funding. Please click...
Nutritional Supplements Assorted Flavours
By Dispex Missed Dispensing Fees for Services Rendered If you kindly extend a selection of assorted flavours to your patients to ensure patient compliance and satisfaction, ensure you are compensated...
Prescription Fee Increase
By Dispex NHS Prescription Charges from 1st May 2024 Charges for NHS prescriptions increased on the 1st May 2024. The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations...