§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Prescription Pricing Bureau will resume paying pharmacists for actual costs. [121120]
§ Ms StuartThe Prescription Pricing Authority (PPA) continues to pay pharmacists for actual costs. The PPA is at present making balancing adjustments (which may be a credit or debit) to convert interim payments to payment of actual costs three months later than normal. Current forecasts indicated that this delay will reduce to two months by February 2001 and normal payment arrangements are expected to resume from September 2001.