Payment

Part VIIIB - price listed based on price per unit above a minimum quantity

Part VIIID   - price listed calculated relative to commonly identified pack sizes

Invoice price (less discount/rebates)

OR

based on extemporaneous preparation by the contractor/3rd party

plus

£20 – as a contribution to out of pocket expenses e.g. carriage

£20 – as a contribution to out of pocket expenses e.g. carriage

OR

£20 – ONLY if prepared extemporaneously

Endorsement need

SP

OR

ED - If prepared by the contractor or 3rd party extemporaneously.

SP
Invoice price (less discount/rebates) Manufacturers Specials licence number
Batch No of product

OR

ED - If prepared by the contractor/3rd party extemporaneously AND
The names, quantities and cost of the ingredients

Broken Bulk

Part VIIIB – not allowed

Part VIIID – can be claimed except on products listed as special containers

BB -You may claim broken bulk only on the ingredients used to prepare the product extemporaneously

Discount not given (DNG) *

Not allowed

An endorsement previously used for claiming exemption from discount deduction. This process is now fully automated so the endorsement is no longer required. Therefore, you will subject to clawback on these lines. BUT for non-tariff products it is assumed that you endorse NET Price therefore automatically treated as a ZD lines therefore no clawback is applied.

Out of pocket expenses**

Paid via SP/ED endorsement

Contractors do not need to claim Out of Pocket expenses (OOPE) as arrangements for claiming & declaration on FP34c are different. The PSNC maintain that we technically get OOPE through the SP endorsement.

Records

Normal record keeping applies

For Specials not listed in Part VIIIB, the contractor should stamp, date, initial and endorse the Certificate of Analysis (COA)/ Certificate of Conformity (COC) with the price paid and prescriber's details. At the end of each month, these should be sent to the CCG of the prescriber.
All patient details must be removed prior to sending to the CCG.