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Drug Tariff, the Glossary

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The Drug Tariff, also known as Drug Tariff price, is that amount that the NHS repays pharmacies for generic prescription medications.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 8 relations: Generic drug, National Health Service, NHS treatments blacklist, Pharmacopoeia, Pharmacy, Prescription charges, Prescription drug, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

  2. NHS Wales
  3. National Health Service stubs
  4. Pharmacy in the United Kingdom

Generic drug

A generic drug (or simply generic) is a pharmaceutical drug that contains the same chemical substance as a drug that was originally protected by chemical patents.

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National Health Service

The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales.

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NHS treatments blacklist

The NHS treatments blacklist is an informal name for a list of medicines and procedures which will not be funded by public money except in exceptional cases. Drug Tariff and NHS treatments blacklist are NHS Wales, National Health Service (England) and pharmacy in the United Kingdom.

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Pharmacopoeia

A pharmacopoeia, pharmacopeia, or pharmacopoea (from the obsolete typography pharmacopœia, meaning "drug-making"), in its modern technical sense, is a book containing directions for the identification of compound medicines, and published by the authority of a government or a medical or pharmaceutical society.

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Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines.

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Prescription charges

Charges for prescriptions for medicines and some medical appliances are payable by adults in England under the age of 60. Drug Tariff and prescription charges are pharmacy in the United Kingdom.

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Prescription drug

A prescription drug (also prescription medication, prescription medicine or prescription-only medication) is a pharmaceutical drug that is permitted to be dispensed only to those with a medical prescription.

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) existed from its founding as the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1841 until 2010.

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See also

NHS Wales

National Health Service stubs

Pharmacy in the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Tariff

Also known as Drug Tariff price.