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The Pharmacy Quality Scheme Delivering
(PQS) returns to play a vital
role in supporting community

pharmacy teams to deliver safe, Excellence:
effective, and high-quality
services across England. For the
2025/26 financial year, the PQS A guide to
officially launched on 1st April
2025, with £30 million in funding the Pharmacy
allocated to incentivise and
reward performance across
key areas. Quality Scheme

This year’s scheme 2025/26
brings a familiar
structure to previous
years, designed to
ensure pharmacy teams
remain at the forefront of
delivering accessible, preventative and
safe care through NHS services.

Funding and point allocation

Funding will be awarded based on a
points-based system, with payments
calculated according to the number
of points achieved by each contractor.
Each point will have a minimum value
of £57.50 and a maximum value of
£115, depending on overall scheme
participation and achievement levels Gateway criteria: Mandatory
across the sector. Entry Requirements

The final payment will be determined To unlock any PQS payment,
by the contractor’s performance band, contractors need to meet the gateway
st
the number of domains declared, and criteria by 31 August 2025. The good
the total points claimed. Contractors news? You can start claiming from
aiming to maximise their PQS return July – as long as you’ve hit this year’s
are advised to engage fully with all gateway requirement, which focuses
applicable domains. on Advanced Services:

• Pharmacy First Service

• NHS Pharmacy
Contraception Service

All participating pharmacies must be
signed up to provide both services by
the deadline and remain registered
until the end of the scheme on 31
st
March 2026. No direct declaration
is required for this criterion, as
compliance will be verified through
post-payment reviews of NHS
service registrations.

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