Pharmaceutical Services and Local Pharmaceutical Services. 4.1 NHS Business Services Authority has existing agreements with NHS England to support ICBs to discharge their assurance responsibilities by the delivery of the following services to ICBs:
Pharmaceutical Services and Local Pharmaceutical Services. NHS Business Services Authority has existing agreements with NHS England to support ICBs to discharge their assurance responsibilities by the delivery of the following services to ICBs: Performance management – direct support to commissioners and community pharmacy contractors to implement corrective and preventative intervention; Contract assurance – administration of the annual contractor assurance declaration and additional in-depth assurance declaration where appropriate, provision of assurance reports at ICS and contractor level supporting further assurance decisions by the ICB; Post-Payment Verification (PPV) – end-to-end process for identifying and verifying claims as part of the national PPV framework to support ICBs to play their part in ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and delivery of quality and value for money. This includes obtaining and reviewing claims, investigation of outliers and other potential inappropriate claims, along with referrals and investigatory reports to the ICB to consider and decide overpayment recoveries, and carrying out the financial recovery where appropriate. PPV can also be instigated by the ICS or Counter Fraud. Support Services directed by DHSC NHS Business Services Authority is directed by DHSC to undertake specific activities as well as having existing agreements with NHS England to support its delivery of primary care services. These include (without limitation): The administration of national payment platforms for primary care services to dentists, pharmacy contractors, appliance contractors, oxygen contractors and special school eye care providers; The calculation of payment for covid-19 and flu vaccinations to PCNs and GP practices as well as payments to Dispensing Doctors and prescribing only doctors for personal administration claims and sharing this information accurately and in a timely manner; Clinical advisory support; Administration functions; Assurance services - performance and contract management of primary care providers; The provision of information to primary care organisations for all contractor groups via standardised reporting (eg. ePACT2, eDEN and eOPS); Working with NHS England and ICB Counter Fraud Teams to reduce loss across the system. SCHEDULE 7
Pharmaceutical Services and Local Pharmaceutical Services. The following functions and related activities shall continue to be exercised by NHS England (the “Reserved Pharmaceutical Functions”): publication of Pharmaceutical Lists; functions of NHS England as a determining authority in relation to pharmaceutical remuneration under Part 12 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations; functions in respect of lists of performers of pharmaceutical services and assistants, noting that as at the date of this Agreement regulations for the purposes of these functions have not been made17; the negotiation and agreement of matters concerning NHS pharmaceutical services with national stakeholders including, without limitation, the Department of Health and Social Care and bodies representing providers of Pharmaceutical Services nationally; the provision of commissioning and contracting policy and guidance to support ICBs to meet their delegated duties; and administration of the pharmacist pre-registration training grant scheme.
