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[jayde-89]

2)would you be paid for dispensing frumil Ls tablets against the presciption for co-amilofruse ?

yes you would be paid fo dispensing frumil LS is you endorse it correctly

is that correct

[jayde-89]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Are you sure?

Jeff

well not sure , but dont you pay one presciption charge for each pair , or is it two charges per pair ?

[Pharmanaut]

Originally Posted by jayde-89

well not sure , but dont you pay one presciption charge for each pair , or is it two charges per pair ?

It is one charge per stocking, 4 stockings are four charges.

[Pharmanaut]

Originally Posted by jayde-89

2)would you be paid for dispensing frumil Ls tablets against the presciption for co-amilofruse ?

yes you would be paid fo dispensing frumil LS is you endorse it correctly

is that correct

If you are in England or Wales have a look in part VIII of the drug tariff.
If you are in Scotland its Part 7.
If you find co-amilofruse listed there that is all you will be paid for the product even if you dispense a brand.
The only time you would be paid for a brand if there was and "NCSO" declared. This automatically expires at the end of the month.

[Pharmanaut]

Originally Posted by jayde-89

so would i dispense the 64 ?
even thou the script says only 60 ?
im getting so confused the drug tarrif is confusing and i dunno what parts to look in

You could supply 64 tablets on the prescription as the breakpoint is greater than half the pack. If you are in Scotland you can round up from the first tablet if you as the pharmacist decide there is a clinical need to do that, BUT YOU MUST ENDORSE that you have done so.

The drug tariff is confusing.
Bear in mind that it probably was once logical but it is now the result of lot of horse trading since the NHS started.

There are also 3 and a bit tariffs. England And Wales (E/W) (1 and a bit because some of the things are slightly different in Wales), Scotland and Northern Ireland (NI).

The best book to start with is the NPA guide to the drug tariff. The latest edition isn't as good as the previous separate books for the different tariff areas, mainly because it isn't indexed very well.

A top tip is to put some section markers in the tariff.

By all means post some more questions - always happy to help, but you have got to have a go first

For the community pharmacist good knowledge of the DT is essential as you can quite happily dispense something and end up with a disallowed item - ie no dispensing fee, no ingredient cost, and technically breaching the terms of service. The ingredient cost is the price of whatever you have supplied which can be £80 or so on a colostomy set.