Sections relating to remuneration for persons providing special medicinal products
In England and Wales, reimbursement prices for community pharmacies for most commonly prescribed special medicinal products are listed in the Drug Tariff. In England, reimbursement prices are based on sales and volume data, which the Department currently obtains from specials manufacturers under a voluntary arrangement. A special medicinal product is manufactured to meet the specific needs of a specific patient. The unique nature of these medicines and their manufacturing arrangements mean that different approaches for special medicinal products need be considered than those used for other types of medicines to ensure that the prices paid by the NHS represent value for money.
	The Act amends the NHS Act 2006 and the NHS (Wales) Act to enable the Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers to make regulations to establish different payment arrangements for special medicinal products compared to other products. These regulations could include how remuneration should be calculated, for example by means of quotes, and the circumstances in which remuneration would not be provided, for example where special medicinal products are centrally procured.