Community Pharmacy COVID-19 Lateral Flow Device Distribution Service

On behalf of DHSC, we're hosting the Standard Operating Procedure for the Community Pharmacy COVID-19 LFD Distribution Service. 

If you have any questions about these documents, you can contact DHSC by emailing pharmacy.collect.queries@dhsc.gov.uk. 

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You can order test kits from Alliance Healthcare.

​Kits will be supplied free of charge to pharmacies providing the service as part of your standard deliveries from the wholesaler.  

Initial demand for test kits will be difficult to predict. You will be able to order and re-order appropriate quantities of kits in line with the local demand, up to an initial weekly order limit.

The weekly order limit is set out in the service specification [PDF:276KB].

To comply with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) product recall provisions, you must keep a record of:

• the lot number of each LFD carton received
• the name of the supplying wholesaler
• the invoice or delivery note number

The quantities of test kits ordered and supplied to the public will be monitored as part of the post-payment verification process. 

Pharmacy contractors who meet the criteria can claim payment for this service weekly through the MYS portal.

In line with the Drug Tariff, we must receive your claim by the 5th day of the following month.

We will make payments for the service with your normal monthly payment for NHS Pharmaceutical Services. The payments will be separately itemised on your FP34 Schedule of Payments.