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Welcome to Practitioner Services web site for community pharmacists, dispensing doctors and NHS Boards.
Health Professionals
Welcome to Practitioner Services web site for community pharmacists, dispensing doctors and NHS Boards.
We aim to make it quick and easy for you to find what you are looking for. Whether you need to find information on endorsing, submitting your prescriptions for payment or ordering Pre-Payment certificates - we are here to help.
(24th September 2009)
We have seen a decrease in the quality of data being captured by our Intelligent Character Recognition software; primarily due to the presentation of endorsements and pharmacy information on prescription forms. This has significantly increased our workload to the point that operations are at risk of failing to meet processing deadlines, which would ultimately result in late payment to dispensing contractors.
We have produced guidance which demonstrates the areas available for use by Pharmacy Contractors. Please print a copy to refer to when endorsing or putting pharmacy information on a prescription.
(updated 15th September 2009)
Amendments to the NHS (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 removes the requirement to pay prescription charges for drugs or preparations for the treatment of pandemic influenza, or influenza that might become pandemic. Read more>>
(30th July 2009)
New NHS contracts, relocation of premises and changes of ownership are subject to regulation and require approval of the NHS Board, prior to any changes being made. Timescales associated with these approvals differ and contractors should contact their local NHS Board for details and advice on the application process.
Only after Practitioner Services has received authorisation from the NHS Board will it follow the contractor change process to allow you to have the N3 connection in place. Read more >>
Looking for help endorsing prescriptions? Have a look at our Prescription Endorsement guidance.
Find out more about patients obtaining prescription charge refunds.
View the results of our Customer Satisfaction Report for 2008.
A full list of Notification of Contractor Change forms are now available for viewing and downloading from our Information for Health Boards page.
For guidance on submitting prescriptions visit our section for Dispensing Doctors.
To find out more about new pharmaceutical services visit our ePharmacy section.