Proposed Dispensing Feescales for GMS Contractors, England and Wales - 2022, October release

October Feescales

Details of the existing feescales from The Statement of Financial Entitlements and the proposed feescale from 1 October 2022

Average annual volume increase = -0.699 per cent

which is applied to each existing banding to calculate new bandings in proposed feescale.

Adjustment factor = 1.473

which is applied to each pence value at each banding to get new value in proposed feescale.

Table 4a and b: Dispensing Feescale for contractors that are authorised or required to provide dispensing services

4a. EXISTING FEESCALE FROM 01/10/21		4b. PROPOSED FEESCALE FROM 01/10/22
Total prescriptions calculated separately for each individual dispensing practitioner, in bands	Prices per prescription in pence	Total prescriptions calculated separately for each individual dispensing practitioner, in bands	Prices per prescription in pence
Up to 457	194.8	Up to 454	286.8
458 - 573	192.0	455 - 569	282.7
574 - 689	189.5	570 - 684	279.0
690 - 802	187.1	685 - 796	275.5
803 - 918	184.8	797 - 912	272.2
919 - 1031	182.9	913 - 1024	269.3
1032 - 1433	180.9	1025 - 1423	266.4
1434 - 2006	179.3	1424 - 1992	264.0
2007 - 2292	177.7	1993 - 2276	261.6
2293 - 2866	176.3	2277 - 2846	259.6
2867 - 3438	175.1	2847 - 3414	257.8
3439 - 4012	174.1	3415 - 3984	256.3
4013 - 4583	173.1	3985 - 4551	254.9
4584 and over	172.5	4552 and over	254.0

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

Table 5a and b: Dispensing Feescale for contractors that are not authorised or required to provide dispensing services¹

5a. EXISTING FEESCALE FROM 01/10/21		5b. PROPOSED FEESCALE FROM 01/10/22
Total prescriptions calculated separately for each individual dispensing practitioner, in bands	Prices per prescription in pence	Total prescriptions calculated separately for each individual dispensing practitioner, in bands	Prices per prescription in pence
Up to 457	202.9	Up to 454	298.8
458 - 573	200.2	455 - 569	294.7
574 - 689	197.6	570 - 684	291.0
690 - 802	195.2	685 - 796	287.5
803 - 918	193.1	797 - 912	284.3
919 - 1031	191.0	913 - 1024	281.3
1032 - 1433	189.1	1025 - 1423	278.5
1434 - 2006	187.4	1424 - 1992	276.0
2007 - 2292	185.8	1993 - 2276	273.7
2293 - 2866	184.5	2277 - 2846	271.6
2867 - 3438	183.2	2847 - 3414	269.8
3439 - 4012	182.2	3415 - 3984	268.3
4013 - 4583	181.3	3985 - 4551	267.0
4584 and over	180.6	4552 and over	266.0

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

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

Last edited: 17 October 2022 8:32 am