Primary care pharmaceutical rebates schemes require governance and administration to ensure that cost improvements are maximised and contract management with pharmaceutical industry is done with due process. Rebates can provide significant cost improvement to the local health economy and the NHS. The CSU has many years experience in managing and administering large numbers of schemes for many ICBs.

MLCSU provide an end-to-end service from strategic advice through to administrative support, including:

• Delivering ICB policy and processes
• Pharmaceutical company liaison
• Assessment of and recommendations for approval of schemes
• Contract management
• Analytical data monitoring for claims
• Administration of rebate schemes in conjunction with commissioner finance leads
• Finance advice for commissioner invoicing
• Reports on rebates achieved and horizon scanning
• Managing Freedom of Information requests