About PSNC

Aylesbury Office The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) is recognised by the Secretary of State for Health as representative of community pharmacy on NHS matters. PSNC's main objective is to secure the best possible NHS service opportunities, remuneration, terms and conditions for NHS pharmacy contractors in England and Wales. PSNC represents and promotes the interests of almost 11,000 pharmacy contractors (pharmacy owners) in England and Wales. It is the role of PSNC to liaise with the Department of Health and to negotiate the contractual terms for the provision of NHS community pharmacy services.

PSNC also operates the National Prescription Research Centre (NPRC) based in North London. A percentage of all prescriptions sent to the NHSBSA Prescription Pricing Division are checked and any errors in pricing are corrected.

PSNC Structure

PSNC is an association whose functions and procedures are set out in a Constitution and Rules. The present Constitution was last amended in September 2007.

The PSNC has thirty one members on its main committee:

14 members elected on a regional basis from England
1 member elected from Wales
5 members from the Board of the National Pharmacy Association
8 members from the Company Chemists Association
3 members from the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies

Plus a non-executive chairman

There are also four Sub-committees, Funding and Contract, LPC and Implementation Support, Resource Development and Finance and the Service Development Sub-committee.

Information on the membership of the current Committee is available in the PSNC Committee section of the site.

More Information

For more information on PSNC please contact the Aylesbury office.

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