Pharmacy Quality Scheme Aspiration Payment Window closes on Friday 16th May
The Pharmacy Quality Scheme officially commenced on 1st April 2025 and as in previous years, an aspiration payment can be claimed within the scheme, ahead of contractors completing all the work on the various domains. The aspiration payment is optional for pharmacy contractors and not claiming it will not impact on the pharmacy contractor’s ability to claim payment for PQS 2025/26.
The window for claiming an aspiration payment is now open and will close at 23:59 on 16th May 2025.
In making a declaration on MYS contractors are accepting that a reconciliation will take place and that their final PQS payment will be adjusted to either recover an overpayment or receive further payment based on the quality declaration made within the claim window in February 2025.
The maximum number of points for which a pharmacy can be paid an aspiration payment is 75% of the number of points available. The value of each point for the aspiration payment is set at £57.50 (i.e. the minimum value of a point for PQS 2025/26).
The Aspiration payment will be paid on 1st July 2025.