The PSNC has revealed that more than 10,700 contractors will get earlier advance payments on Monday.

The payments will be made to pharmacists who declared their March 2022 FP34C figures through their Manage Your Service portal by April 5 but the negotiator said around 500 contractors who missed the deadline will not get the early payments this month but on May 1.

Meanwhile, the PSNC has secured an extension in commissioning for the community pharmacy hepatitis C antibody testing service until March 31 next year.

“Changes to the Secretary of State Directions have been issued which are retrospective and mean contractors can continue uninterrupted provision of the service until the end of March 2023,” the PSNC said.