Drug Tariff Part VIII

Changes to Category M reimbursement prices in Part VIIIA of the Drug Tariff

Category M for April 2023 contains adjustments for underlying market prices (between October-December 2022) and the result of the margin survey (latest result up until end of September 2022). It also contains an element, with the aim of delivering the additional £100 million agreed across years 4 and 5 as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework.

Category M Prices - Quarter 1 April 2023 (Excel:53KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 1 April 2023 (CSV:39KB)

Previous copies of Category M prices

Category M for January contains adjustments for underlying market prices and the result of the margin survey, with the aim of delivering the remainder of the £50 million of the additional £100 million agreed across years 4 and 5 as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework.

Category M Prices - Quarter 4 January 2023 (Excel: 46KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 4 January 2023 (CSV: 38KB)​​​​​

As part of the delivery of non-recurrent additional investment into funding of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework of £100 million over the 2 financial years 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024 to be delivered by medicine margin, Category M December reimbursement prices have received an upward adjustment.

Category M Prices - December 2022 (Excel: 53KB)Category M Prices - December 2022 (CSV: 41KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care is announcing that from 1 October 2022, medicine margin will be adjusted upwards by £6.7 million per quarter (circa 2.23 million per month) through Category M reimbursement prices.

Category M Prices - Quarter 3 October 2022 (Excel: 54KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 3 October 2022 (CSV: 41KB)​​​​​​

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the Cat M prices which will apply to prescriptions from 1 July 2022.

Category M Prices - Quarter 2 July 2022 (Excel: 54KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 2 July 2022 (CSV: 41KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 1 April 2022 (Excel: 45KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 1 April 2022 (CSV: 41KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care is announcing that from 1 January 2022, medicine margin will be adjusted downwards by £49.3 million per quarter (circa £16.4 million per month) through Category M reimbursement prices.

Category M Prices - Quarter 4 January 2022 (Excel: 47KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 4 January 2022 (CSV: 41KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care is announcing that from 1 October 2021, medicine margin will be adjusted downwards by £26.8 million per quarter (circa £8.9 million per month) through Category M reimbursement prices.

Category M Prices - Quarter 3 October 2021 (Excel:55KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 3 October 2021 (CSV:40KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care is announcing that from 1 July 2021, medicine margin will be adjusted downwards by £48.9 million per quarter (circa £16.3 million per month) through Category M reimbursement prices.

Category M Prices - Quarter 2 July 2021 (Excel:46KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 2 July 2021 (CSV:40KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care is announcing that from 1 April 2021, medicine margin will be adjusted upwards by £10.4 million per quarter (circa £3.47 million per month) through Category M reimbursement prices.

Category M Prices - Quarter 1 April 2021 (updated) (Excel:48KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 1 April 2021 (updated) (CSV:40KB)​​​​​​

The Department of Health and Social Care is announcing that from 1 January 2021, medicine margin will be adjusted upwards by £27.2 million per quarter (£9.07 million per month) through Category M reimbursement prices.

Category M Prices - Quarter 4 January 2021 (Excel:40KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 4 January 2021 (CSV:40KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care is announcing that from 1 October 2020, medicine margin will be adjusted downwards by £23.3 million per quarter (£7.77 million per month) through Category M reimbursement prices.

Category M Prices - Quarter 3 October 2020 (Excel:41KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 2 July 2020 (Excel:41KB)​​​​​​

Category M reimbursement prices are being increased by £15 million per month from 1 June 2020. This is outside of the usual 3 monthly cycle for Category M reimbursement price updates.Category M Prices - June 2020 (Excel:40KB)​​Category M Prices - Quarter 1 April 2020 (updated) (Excel: 40KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 4 January 2020 (Excel: 40KB)​​​​​​Category M Prices - Quarter 3 October 2019 (Excel: 40KB)

Category M reimbursement prices are being amended from 1 August 2019.

This is outside of the usual 3 monthly cycle, where Category M reimbursement prices are updated because the Department of Health and Social Care, with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee’s agreement, is increasing Category M reimbursement prices by £15 million per month.

This is informed by medicine margin survey and will be kept under review.

Category M Prices - August 2019 (Excel: 39KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 2 July 2019 (Excel: 40KB)Category M Prices - Quarter 1 April 2019 (Excel: 39KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the Part VIIIA prices which will apply to prescriptions from 1 March 2023.

March 2023 (Excel: 267KB)March 2023 (CSV: 440KB)

​​Previous copies of the Drug tariff Part VIIIA:

February 2023 (Excel: 270KB)February 2023 (CSV: 442KB)

January 2023 (Excel:268KB)January 2023 (CSV:442KB)​​​​​December 2022 (Excel: 266KB)December 2022 (CSV: 444KB)

​​November 2022 (Excel: 270KB)November 2022 (CSV: 444KB)​​​​October 2022 (Excel: 265KB)October 2022 (CSV: 444KB)September 2022 (Excel: 263KB)September 2022 (CSV: 444KB)August 2022 (Excel: 261KB)August 2022 (CSV: 442KB)July 2022 (Excel: 220KB)July 2022 (CSV: 385KB)June 2022 (Excel:224KB)June 2022 (CSV:385KB​​​​​May 2022 (Excel:219KB)May 2022 (CSV:385KB)April 2022 (Excel:220KB)April 2022 (CSV:385KB)​​​​​​March 2022 (Excel:219KB)March 2022 (CSV:384KB)February 2022 (Excel:219KB)February 2022 (CSV:384KB)January 2022 (Excel:220KB)January 2022 (CSV:384KB)December 2021 (Excel:221KB)December 2021 (CSV:385KB)November 2021 (Excel:221KB)November 2021 (CSV:384KB)​​​​​​October 2021 (Excel: 227KB)October 2021 (CSV: 383KB)September 2021 (Excel: 226KB)September 2021 (CSV: 383KB)August 2021 (Excel:218KB)August 2021 (CSV:382KB)July 2021 (Excel:220KB)July 2021 (CSV:382KB)June 2021 (Excel:220KB)June 2021 (CSV:381KB)May 2021 (Excel:220KB)May 2021 (CSV:381KB)April 2021 (Excel:217KB)April 2021 (CSV:380KB)March 2021 (Excel:216KB)March 2021 (CSV:380KB)February 2021 (Excel:209KB)February 2021 (CSV:378KB)January 2021 (Excel:208KB)January 2021 (CSV:377KB)December 2020 (Excel 212KB)December 2020 (CSV:377KB)November 2020 (updated) (Excel:209KB)November 2020 (updated) (CSV:358KB)October 2020 (Excel:241KB)October 2020 (CSV:347KB)September 2020 (Excel:239KB)September 2020 (CSV:380KB)​​​​​​August 2020 (Excel:235KB)August 2020 (CSV:380KB)July 2020 (Excel: 241KB)June 2020 (Excel: 239KB)May 2020 (updated) (Excel: 237KB)April 2020 (updated) (Excel: 238KB)March 2020 (Excel: 239KB)February 2020 (Excel: 236KB)January 2020 (Excel: 234KB)December 2019 (Excel: 234KB)November 2019 (Excel: 236KB)October 2019 (Excel: 235KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the Part VIIIB prices which will apply to prescriptions from 1 February 2023.

February 2023 (Updated)(Excel: 55KB)February 2023 (CSV: 60KB)

​​​​Previous copies of Part VIIIB Specials:

November 2022 (Updated 08/11/2022)(Excel:58KB)November 2022 (Updated 08/11/2022)(CSV: 61KB)

August 2022 (Updated)(Excel:56KB)August 2022 (CSV:64KB)​​​​May 2022 (Updated)(Excel:47KB)May 2022 (CSV:55KB)April 2022 (Updated)(Excel:46KB)April 2022 (Updated)(CSV:53KB)March 2022 (Updated)(Excel:48KB)March 2022 (Updated)(CSV:54KB)March 2022 (Excel:32KB)February 2022 (Updated)(Excel:46KB)February 2022 (Updated)(CSV:54KB)November 2021 (Updated) (Excel:46KB)November 2021 (CSV: 52KB)August 2021 (Updated) (Excel: 50KB)August 2021 (CSV: 52KB)May 2021 (Updated) (Excel:45KB)May 2021 (CSV:52KB)February 2021 (Updated) (Excel: 50KB)February 2021 (CSV:57KB)November 2020 (Updated) (Excel:43KB)November 2020 (CSV:53KB)August 2020 (Updated) (Excel:30KB)August 2020 (CSV:51KB)May 2020 (Updated)(Excel: 41KB)February 2020 (Updated) (Excel: 46KB)November 2019 (Updated)(Excel: 45KB)

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the Part VIIID prices which will apply to prescriptions from 1 February 2023.

February 2023 (Updated)(Excel: 8KB)February 2023 (CSV: 29KB)

Previous copies of Part VIIID:

November 2022 (Updated)(Excel:21KB)​​​​November 2022 (CSV:5KB)

August 2022 (Updated)(Excel:20KB)August 2022 (CSV:5KB)​​​​​​May 2022 (Updated)(Excel:20KB)May 2022 (CSV:4KB)March 2022 (Updated)(Excel:22KB)March 2022 (CSV:4KB)March 2022 (Excel: 18KB)