BREAKING NEWS
Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 31 October 2020- By Gov.uk- Boris Johnson
"From Thursday until the start of December, you must stay at home.
You may only leave home for specific reasons, including:
For education; For work, say if you cannot work from home; For exercise and recreation outdoors, with your household or on your own with one pe...
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31
BREAKING NEWS
Oct
23
The new fee scale became effective from the 1st October 2020
The new fee scale became effective from the 1st October 2020
It rose by an average of 32.75p per item (16 per cent), compared to April 2020.
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The basis for dispensing fee calculations is the dispensing envelope for 2020-21, which is valued at £184.85 million. This is calculated by taking the 2019/20 envelope (£180.96 million) and adjusting this figure for any over/underspen...
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Oct
21
15 % off trade on all 3 products-GlucoZen
GlucoZen October 2020 Offers– 15 % off trade on all 3 products
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Oct
20
Upcoming Dispex Training
Oct
20
COVID alert levels in England- Help your patients understand
Help your patients understand the Local Alert Levels
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The Prime Minister has recently introduced a three-tiered system of local COVID alert levels in
England.
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These levels comprise of medium, high and very high risk, setting out information for local
authorities, residents and workers about what to do and how to manage the outbreak in their
area.
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To help support this, HM Gover...
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Oct
20
Covid-19 news updates Sep-Oct 2020
What local COVID alert levels mean: Three tier system (Medium”, “high” and “very high” alert level) for England to be in place from Wednesday 14th Oct 2020- By Gov.uk
Local COVID alert levels set out information for local authorities, residents and workers about what to do and how to manage the outbreak in their area. Find out what you can and ...
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Oct
20
Drug Tariff News - October Part VIIIA reimbursement prices (issued 15 Oct
Drug Tariff News - October Part VIIIA reimbursement
prices (issued 15 October)
The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed the October Drug Tariff Part
VIIIA reimbursement prices for the following items: click here to view
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Oct
20
Coping with the pressures of COVID-19
October 8, 2020?by?Practice Index?in?GP Practice Management,?Mental Health,?Staff,?Stress
However positive you try to be, however hard you try to motivate morale across the practice and however hard you work to try and keep patients happy, there’s no escaping the fact that 2020 has been extremely challenging for practice managers. COVID-19 has turned ...
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Oct
20
Medicines shortages drive up GP workload as prescribing costs surge £158m
Medicines shortages
By Nick Bostock on the 19 October 2020
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Medicines shortages in England are continuing to drive up GP workload during the COVID-19 pandemic and have added more than £150m to prescribing costs in the past year alone.
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A total of 132 products commonly used in primary care are currently out of stock, according to the drug shortage tracker produc...
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Oct
20
Drug Tariff Price Changes OCT 2020
Drug Tariff Price Changes OCT 2020- A's only
The table below shows a sample of data available free inside the Dispex Members' only area of this website.
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Login to download the full list - the list in the download is NOT complete and is a sample of the full list for illustrative purposes only. If you have mislaid your login details, pleas...
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Oct
20
NEW DISPEX presents NHSBSA ePACT2 training
NEW DISPEX presents NHSBSA ePACT2 training
17th November 2020 I 13:00-14:00 I FREE to attend
ePACT2 Prescribing Reports
Click here for details and to book
26th January 2021 I 13:00-14:00 I FREE to attend
ePACT2 Clinical Dashboards
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Oct
19
Medeconomics Live 23rd October - there's still time to book
Medeconomics Live 23rd October 2020!!
This year’s new GP contract and COVID-19 outbreak raise key questions among managers and partners in general practice. Join our panel of experts to discover the answers, and other practical advice curated to help your practice thrive in the 2020s.
For a limited time you can buy one ticket for Medeconomics Live and claim a...
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Oct
16
DISPEX presents NHSBSA ePACT2 Training
17th November 2020, 1pm-2pm
DISPEX presents NHSBSA ePACT2 Prescribing Reports for Dispensing Doctors
Session One-This session will cover:
• What is ePACT2 and why is it useful for Dispensing Doctors?
• How to register for ePACT2?
• Accessing practice and prescriber level reports and data
o Practice Detailed Prescribing Information
o Personally Administered It...
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Oct
16
Xailin Night- VISUfarma
Xailin Night- VISUfarma
Xailin® Night provides soothing relief for your patients suffering from night-time dry eye sensations including soreness, irritation and grittiness by acting as a barrier against moisture loss. 1 Xailin® Night is the only product formulated to be clinically, technically and biologically equivalent to Lacri-Lube
Click here for full details
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Oct
16
Preparing for the second wave: Virtual is key
Preparing for the second wave: Virtual is key
By Chris Whittle - Founder & CEO at Q doctor
Secure remote working for the NHS in the second wave - learnings and improvements for everybody's safety
The NHS is no stranger to the challenges of winter, with headlines reporting on the additional strain that the sea-son brings in for our healthcare system. However this year is diff...
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Oct
14
Accessing government-secured flu vaccines: guidance for GPs
Accessing government-secured flu vaccines: guidance for GPs
By DHSC
How GP practices in England can access the extra stock of flu vaccines this winter that the government has secured
In order to support the expanded vaccination programme, DHSC has secured an additional supply of influenza vaccines, which arrive later in the season to top up local supplies once they run low. The process ...
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Oct
14
Effect of pandemic on children's wellbeing revealed in new report
Effect of pandemic on children's wellbeing revealed in new report
By Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Vicky Ford MP, and Nadine Dorries MP
State of the Nation report provides an in-depth picture of the experiences of children and young people during the pandemic and how it affected their wellbeing- click here to read the source article
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Oct
14
The Dispensary Services Quality Scheme (DSQS)
The Dispensary Services Quality Scheme (DSQS)
By Primary Care and NHS Contracts NHS England and NHS Improvement
The Dispensary Services Quality Scheme (DSQS) was reinstated from 1 August 2020. PCN development funding was made available to integrated care systems (ICSs) and sustainability and transformation partnership (STPs) in August – £43.7 million with supporting guidance...
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Oct
14
Medical devices given exceptional use authorisations during the pandemic
Medical devices given exceptional use authorisations during the COVID-19 pandemic - GOV.UK
List of manufacturers and their medical devices which have been granted an exemption by the MHRA. The list also includes manufacturers whose exemption expired or was cancelled. This information will be listed for 2 months after expiry or cancellation. Click here to read the source article
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Oct
14
Reporting capability within EMIS
Reporting capability within EMIS
There is a lot of reporting capability within EMIS and practices will already be getting a lot of their data regarding QOF via QMAS.
The Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS)
Dr Trefor Roscoe
The quality and outcomes framework (QoF) is designed to reward practices for the quality of care offered to their patients and will be an important p...
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Oct
14
Dispex online Tutorials
Oct
13
GlucoZen – 15 % off trade on all 3 products
GlucoZen – 15 % off trade on all 3 products
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Oct
13
Employment Tribunal statistics 2020
The latest Employment Tribunal statistics have just been released. Here are the headline figures for 2020:
During these difficult and everchanging times, some businesses have seen an increase in Employment Tribunal cases.
Number of claims
Total claims made to the ET in April 2019-March 2020 is 103,973 which is slightly down on last year
BUT the number of ET claims made by individuals in ...
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Oct
13
NEW Test and Trace QR App Sep 2020
NHS Test & Trace QR Codes- By NHS Propert Services
As of the 24 September, the NHS will launch the NHS COVID- 19 app which has a
check-in feature enabling a venue to register for an official NHS QR code and allows
users to ‘check-in’ to participating venues on their app by scanning that code.
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Oct
13
How effective data management can support NHS Trusts to hit their targets
Life in phase III: How effective data management can support NHS Trusts to hit their targets-By pharmaphorum
Although life for the general public is (slowly) starting to edge back towards normality,
healthcare providers are still on a heightened state of alert. Data may be key to keeping
things afloat- click here tor read the full source article
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Oct
13
What local COVID alert levels mean- Oct 2020
What local COVID alert levels mean:
By Gov.uk
Three tier system (Medium”, “high” and “very high” alert level) for England to be in place from Wednesday 14th Oct 2020-
Local COVID alert levels set out information for local authorities, residents and workers about what to do and how to manage the outbreak in their area. Find out what you can and cannot ...
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Oct
13
Buy one ticket for Medeconomics Live and claim a second ticket FREE
Medeconomics Live 23rd October 2020!!
This year’s new GP contract and COVID-19 outbreak raise key questions among managers and partners in general practice. Join our panel of experts to discover the answers, and other practical advice curated to help your practice thrive in the 2020s.
For a limited time you can buy one ticket for Medeconomics Live and claim a seco...
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Oct
13
Dispensing Feescales for GMS Contractors, England and Wales - 2020
The new fee scale will be effective from the 1st October 2020, is published below.
Table 1: Proposed Feescale: Dispensing Feescale for Contractors that are authorised or required to provide dispensing services
Total prescriptions calculated separately for each individual dispensing practitioner, in bands
Prices per prescription in pence
Up...
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Oct
13
Accessibility Regulations 2018: Are you compliant?
Accessibility Regulations 2018: Are you compliant? By Phil - Practice Index in Accessibility, Policies, Websites
Cast your mind back to 2018; there was a lot of talk about regulations, particularly the GDPR (the thought of that makes me shudder!), which came into force in May 2018 and was given much publicity. From me in particular there were policies, e-learning packages, blogs, vlogs a...
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Oct
12
Leadership in Practice-Building capability in general practice
Leadership in Practice
Building capability in general practice
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Oct
12
Adapt to thrive: Preparing your practice for a post-pandemic world
Adapt to thrive: Preparing your practice for a post-pandemic world
At a time when the world is clamouring for good news in relation to our fight
against the coronavirus pandemic, Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK government’s
chief scientific adviser, recently offered up a glimmer of hope with the revelation
that a few doses of an effective vaccine may be available before the end of ...
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Oct
12
Best Practice Live- there's still time to book
Registration Opens for Best Practice Live
The UK’s Leading Virtual Show for Primary Care Professionals
Attendees can now register for Best Practice Live, taking place in the afternoons of the 13th, 14th and 15th October 2020.
Organisers of the Best Practice Show are pleased to announce that registration is now live for its virtual event, Best Practice Live, taking plac...
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Oct
9
Dispex training 2020
Oct
8
Registration Opens for Best Practice Live-BOOK Today
Registration Opens for Best Practice Live
The UK’s Leading Virtual Show for Primary Care Professionals
Attendees can now register for Best Practice Live, taking place in the afternoons of the 13th, 14th and 15th October 2020.
Organisers of the Best Practice Show are pleased to announce that registration is now live for its virtual event, Best Practice Live, taking plac...
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Oct
8
OUR BUYER’S GUIDE TO BUYING A VACCINE FRIDGE
GP SURGERY BUYER’S GUIDE TO PURCHASING A VACCINE FRIDGE
By Shoreline Medical
Guide to buying a medical vaccine fridge for your GP surgery
With over 20 years experience manufacturing vaccine fridges for GP surgeries, Shoreline
customer service team has put together a Buyer’s Guide to help you purchase the right
vaccine fridge for your GP Surgery.
View Shoreline bes...
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Oct
7
VAT Training 2020
FREE VAT Training
Dispex are delighted to be supporting Moore and Smalley to provide VAT Training,
aimed at Dispensing Doctor Practices.
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VAT Refresher- 10th November
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About this Event: The presentation will cover the below topics :
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General principles of VAT
VAT liability of income – medical exemption and items that are VATable
Partial exemption – basic ...
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Oct
7
NHS Test & Trace APP-QR
Oct
7
Registration Opens for Best Practice Live-13th, 14th and 15th October 2020
Registration Opens for Best Practice Live
The UK’s Leading Virtual Show for Primary Care Professionals
Attendees can now register for Best Practice Live, taking place in the afternoons of the 13th, 14th and 15th October 2020.
Organisers of the Best Practice Show are pleased to announce that registration is now live for its virtual event, Best Practice Live, taking plac...
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Oct
5
October Gazette -2020
Welcome to the October Gazette
Please click here to download our October Edition
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Oct
5
Best Practice Live – Book NOW
Registration Opens for Best Practice Live –
The UK’s Leading Virtual Show for Primary Care Professionals
Attendees can now register for Best Practice Live, taking place in the afternoons of the 13th, 14th and 15th October 2020.
Organisers of the Best Practice Show are pleased to announce that registration is now live for its virtual event, Best Practice Live, taki...
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