No. Drug reimbursement claims should always be submitted using the GP prescriber number.
The historical ‘work-around’ enabling these claims to be made against pooled lists is no longer available now that GP Payments are administered by PCSE Online.
From 01 April 2023 the correct GP Prescriber number must be used when submitting prescriptions for reimbursement.
If a practice has previously used a pooled list code to claim drug reimbursement, there may be some historical discrepancies in payments.
NHS England, NHS BSA and PCSE are working together to resolve this matter, including undertaking a retrospective reconciliation exercise to ensure the correct payments have or will be made and where required appropriate adjustments will be made.
Where an outstanding payment is causing a practice difficulty, NHS England advise that the practice should make their local commissioner aware as it may be possible to provide a potential advance payment, until the matter is resolved.
To understand what claims have been submitted and are outstanding, practices should contact nhsbsa.gpsupport@nhs.net where one of the team will be able to provide further clarity.
From 01 April 2023, please ensure that all claims are submitted using a GP prescriber number and any drug reimbursement claims incorrectly submitted using a pooled list code will no longer be amended by the NHS BSA.
Practices can configure SystmOne and EMIS to ensure Prescribing is correctly allocated
SystmOne
Go to Set up > Organisation Preferences > Prescribing > Prescription Authorising
Select “Authorise scripts using the specified prescriber(s)” (see below):
You can select from the list of Available Prescribers and move them to the right-hand box Selected Prescribers. These prescribers must be GPs for whom you have a PPA ID. The PPA ID is set in the User Set Up.
EMIS
In the Medication screen go to Medication Configuration. Choose General under Organisation Options.
Ensure Use usual doctor as stamp / signing fallback is ticked.
Choose View. Ensure Current Course Issuer shows as the Authoriser type shown in medication grid.
