Single activity fee to increase by 4p from November
Contractors in England will receive a single activity fee of £1.29 per item from next month, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has confirmed.
The 4p increase reflects “a need to address an under-delivery on fees due”, PSNC said in a statement yesterday (October 19).
The single activity fee was introduced along with the pharmacy funding cuts in England in December 2016, and replaced payouts for dispensing, practice payments, and the electronic prescription service (EPS).
It was first set at £1.13 per item, rising to £1.25 in April 2017.
The latest increase will be reflected in November’s drug tariff and in contractors scheduled payments in February, PSNC said.
The single activity fee “will be kept under review” and further amends will be considered as more data becomes available, the negotiator added.
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