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As outlined in the published final package of, \u2018Community Pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond\u20191, the Government is committed to pursuing a number of reimbursement reforms and taking steps to improve the prescription ordering journey to maximise patient choice and convenience.

The reimbursement reforms include:

- \u2018non Part VIII\u2019 products, i.e. products with no reimbursement price listed in Part VIII of the Drug Tariff;

- changes to Category M for certain generic medicines to better reflect their market price;

- changes to the margin survey to account for multiple suppliers for Non Part VIII products and Category C products;

- \u2018splitting the discount\u2019- to reflect that in general generic medicines have increased margin over brands; and

- changes to the way Category A prices are set.

The Government has also recently committed to reforming reimbursement arrangements for specials.

Note:

1https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561495/Community_pharmacy_package_A.pdf

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