how this site works
Method
Vima Signal is built on one rule: every row is real or absent. No estimates presented as facts, no placeholder data, no unsourced figures.
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Sources
Drug Tariff Part VIIIANHSBSA monthly publication, machine-readable CSV, diffed month on month keyed on VMPP SNOMED code
monthlyPrice concessionsPublished concessions list, checked through the month, joined to Part VIIIA for the delta versus Tariff
in-monthdm+d (TRUD)Weekly releases; new products, discontinuations, pack changes and supplier counts. Phase 2
weeklyMHRA recallsMedicines recalls and defect notifications from the MHRA via the GOV.UK content API, with class, company and SNOMED codes
on publicationSerious Shortage ProtocolsThe NHSBSA SSP list, in force and expired, matched to product timelines where the name resolves to a single dm+d VMP
in-monthNICEDecision metadata; syndication licence application in progress. Phase 2
weeklyAll reused under the Open Government Licence or the publisher's terms, with attributionprovenance on every panel
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Who signs it
Vivek Patel MRPharmSRegistered pharmacist. Every digest is reviewed and signed before it sends; automated pages carry their source release and date instead of a signature.
GPhC registered03
The digest
One email a month: what changed and what it means.
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