Personal administration fees under the SFE 2006

Under the NHS regulations, PCTs must make personal administration payments to all non-dispensing GMS contractors for the following;

vaccines, anaesthetics and injections (with the exception of vaccines supplied for the childhood immunisation programme)
diagnostic reagents for the Dick and Schick tests, Protein Sensitisation Test Solutions, Tuberculin Tests (i.e. Koch Test, Mantoux Test, Patch Test and Diagnostic Jelly)
intrauterine contraceptive devices (including drug-releasing IUCDs, contraceptive caps and diaphragms)
pessaries which are appliances
sutures (including skin closure strips).

The personal administration fee for the provision of these drugs, appliances and tests now includes;

basic price of the drug or appliance, less a value-related discount (3-11%)
a higher dispensing fee than previously (see Annex G of SFE)
allowance to cover VAT on basic price of the product after deduction of discount
exceptional expenses (see Drug Tariff Part II, clause 12 (Out of Pocket Expenses)

NB Under the SFE 2006 this fee no longer includes

on cost allowance of 10.5%
small container allowance

Further detailed information;

Consolidated SFE 2007

Paragraphs 17.3 -5 SFE 2006 set out the precise detail of these changes.

The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004 Statutory Instrument

Part 3 of Schedule 6 to the 2004 NHS Regulations - Prescribing and Dispensing