CIP and the latest madness

[Pharmanaut]

Separating your scripts that have one or more items totaling over UKP100 in to a separate bundle.
How long is that going to take!


Cip: Revised Prescription Sorting Arrangements From April 2010… · News · PSNC

[dizzyb23]

Seriously, who has the time for all this script sorting???????????

[Pharmanaut]

Easy, just re-brand 'reasonable promptness'.
Patients don't mind waiting longer if it helps the NHS to run more efficiently.

[dizzyb23]

Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DavidS]

What I take from this is that the PPA have decided to itemise the expensive items on their summary, and now that they are committed to doing that, have to make some attempt to ensure it's correct.

This does not give me much confidence that what was happening before was accurate.

And, of course, if any item is still missed, they can always claim that it must have been in the wrong bundle.

[JonF]

We have recently had cause to get 2 different months of Rx checked by the PPA. Both checks resulted in them finding that we had been underpaid £392 and the other £180.... Am i within my right to ask for all to be double checked??

Am just glad our pmr endorses 'expensive item' for anything over the £100 threshold and at least calender pack no longer need to buy seperated!

[Pharmanaut]

Did I hear right that the "central checking bureau" operated by the PSNC who checked a sample for accuracy has been disbanded?

If so I guess its up to the PMR suppliers to help out with a correct figure.
Though I don't expect that the PPA will reveal all the business rules that they have in their system so this can be as accurate as possible.

[DavidS]

I would be analysing my average payment/script, correlating that with the published national averages, and discussing any anomalies with them, certainly.

[Pharmanaut]

I would be analysing my average payment/script, correlating that with the published national averages, and discussing any anomalies with them, certainly.

Agreed.
The business side of me ...
The question in my mind is 'what is happening behind the scenes in relation to the accuracy of the pricing system that has resulted in this being made a bundle sorting requirement?'

The pharmacist says...
What, more late night work sorting out scripts into bundles?

[roper]

Is it actually more work when you consider that we no longer have to separate calendar packs? It is likely that the pharmacist is aware already (especially if it is their money) if a script is very expensive, or has stupidly placed instructions such as "preservative free", written in the middle of the dose instructions. Separating specials which need prices and expenses endorsing has always seemed sensible to me. These new rules sound more defensible to me than the calendar pack stuff did.