Proposed Dispensing Feescales for GMS Contractors, England and Wales - 2019, October release

Details of the existing feescales from the SFE and theoretical feescale if implemented from 1 April 2019.

Step 1

Calculate anticipated full year spend for 2019/20 (X) based on current feescale

e.g. uplift the 2018/19 spend by the historic volume change. 

X is calculated as Y+Z

     = £94.35m + £107.62m

     = £201.97m

     X = £201.97 million

Adjustment factor = 0.896 which is applied to each pence value at each banding to get new value in proposed feescale.

This is calculated by using the formula E/X (E and X shown in Calculation of New Feescales)

      E = £180.96m

      X = £201.97m

Then E / X = 0.896

The following tables show what the feescales would have been if implemented from April 2019 for the whole financial year. The theoretical April (2019) feescale will be implemented from 1 April 2020.  Feescales are implemented in April - part way through the period covered by this report  - in order to reduce the likelihood of dramatic variations year on year, which would otherwise be reflected in the following October’s feescale. NB: Given the current variance is this statement is not valid.

Table 6a and b: Dispensing Feescale for contractors that are authorised or required to provide dispensing services 

^{Note: Calculations are performed on unrounded data.}.

Table 7a and b: Dispensing Feescale for contractors that are not authorised or required to provide dispensing services¹

^{1 This includes prescribing doctors or non-dispensing doctors personal administration drugs.}

^{Note: Calculations are performed on unrounded data.}

See the Proposed Dispensing Feescales for GMS Contractors in England & Wales from 1 October 2019 PDF document, available under Resources on the Overview page, for Annexes A and B

• Annex A: Letter Regarding Dispensing Doctors Feescale 
• Annex B: 2012 Proposal : 12-13 DD037_07