Pharmacy sector cashes just over £6m in first year of CPCS referrals

More than £6 million was paid to pharmacy owners who were signed up to the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) in 2019-2020, C+D can reveal.

Contractors made 60,316 claims to the NHS Business Service Authority (NHS BSA) between December 1, 2019 – the first month from which pharmacies could start claiming for CPCS referrals – and November 30, 2020.

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