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Practitioner Services Pharmacy is responsible for receiving and pricing all NHS prescriptions dispensed in Scotland and ensures that community pharmacists, dispensing doctors and aplliance suppliers are accurately paid both for their dispensing services and the costs of issued drugs.
Prescriptions are delivered to our Livingston office, where they are scanned and the images are then sent electronically to the processing offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, where they are validated and priced. Payment statements are produced for each individual contractor prior to payments being made. While the payment system automatically validates each prescription, there are procedures in place to ensure probity and assure the accuracy and acceptability of forms submitted.
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The NHS will use the information contained on the prescription form to find out what was prescribed and how much it cost and to calculate the payment due to the person who dispensed your prescription. The NHSScotland Counter Fraud Service also has access to the information on this form.