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Additional exemptions:

o Hormone Replacement o Prescription Prepayment Certificates (PPCs):
Therapy (HRT): If you’re not exempt but require multiple prescriptions,
From 1 April 2023, a new a PPC can reduce costs. A 3-month PPC costs £32.05,
HRT Prescription Prepayment and a 12-month PPC costs £114.50 as of 1 May 2024.
Certificate (HRT PPC) was
introduced, allowing patients I don’t suppose any of that is news to many of you but
to access HRT medicines for the sake of those new to the dispensary then you are
licensed for menopause now in the know.
treatment at a reduced annual
cost. The HRT PPC costs What fewer of you will be familiar with is the term
£19.80 as of 1 May 2024. ‘Wrong group movements’, and you really do need to
understand how these occur and what the financial
consequences of letting these go under your radar
can be.

Drug wrong

group movements

When you submit your
prescriptions for payment you
will count and submit them as
exempt or paid. For those items
that are not exempt you will have
collected £9.90 per item, or more
if the item has a multiple charge.
These charges will be claimed
back from you when your drug
statement for that month is
compiled by the NHS. The two
should balance out exactly.

However, if you fail to complete
the reverse of the prescriptions
correctly then the NHS may
move a prescription you have
declared as exempt to paid
and vice versa. This can be an
issue and there are practices
who are losing thousands of
pounds due to these Wrong
Group Movements.
First, how can you check your
Wrong Group Movements? Well,
you will need to access the PCSE
portal and search as below.

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