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Approaching deadline for EPS deployment allowances
All pharmacy contractors that were part of the national contract were paid two allowances of £1300 (i.e. a total of £2600) in December 2005 and February 2006. Pharmacies which were established after these payments were made would have missed out on receiving this funding.
Consequently, an amendment was made to the April 2009 Drug Tariff to enable EPS Release 1 enabled contractors who opened new premises (other than a minor relocation) after December 2005, and who missed out on receiving one or both of the £1300 allowances to apply for the missed allowance payments. The ETP Release 1 allowance claim form can be downloaded from the PSNC website and must be submitted to the contractor's PCT.
The deadline for making a claim to receive the Release 1 allowances is the 31st of July 2009. After this date no retrospective claims for payment will be processed so pharmacies who are eligible but have not yet submitted a claim to their PCT are urged to do so immediately.
Further information was previously published on the PSNC website here.
Posted 22 July 2009