Collection

Voluntary scheme quarterly net sales and payment information

Information on how the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access is controlling spend on branded medicines in the NHS.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 23 October 2019
• Last updated: 18 December 2025 — See all updates

This collection covers the voluntary scheme that ran from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023.

See the current collection for the new voluntary scheme for branded medicines, pricing, access and growth (VPAG).

This page holds quarterly aggregate net sales from:

• 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access members
• companies regulated by the Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) Regulations 2018.

It also holds information received on parallel imports.

The voluntary scheme started on 1 January 2019, replacing the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme 2014 (PPRS).

2025

• VPAS aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2025
  • 18 December 2025
  • Transparency data

2024

• VPAS aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2024
  • 10 January 2025
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2024
  • 8 March 2024
  • Transparency data

2023

• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2023
  • 14 December 2023
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: August 2023
  • 20 October 2023
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: May 2023
  • 21 July 2023
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2023
  • 16 March 2023
  • Transparency data

2022

• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2022
  • 15 December 2022
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: August 2022
  • 8 September 2022
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: May 2022
  • 1 July 2022
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2022
  • 14 March 2022
  • Transparency data

2021

• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2021
  • 20 January 2022
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: August 2021
  • 10 September 2021
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: May 2021
  • 11 June 2021
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2021
  • 1 March 2021
  • Transparency data

2020

• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2020
  • 1 February 2021
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: August 2020
  • 23 October 2020
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: May 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2020
  • 17 March 2020
  • Transparency data

2019

• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2019
  • 13 December 2019
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: August 2019
  • 16 October 2019
  • Transparency data
• Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: May 2019
  • 24 July 2019
  • Transparency data

• Last updated: 18 December 2025
  Show all updates

  1. 18 December 2025

     Updated to add 'VPAS aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2025' to the collection.

  2. 10 January 2025

     Updated to add 'VPAS aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2024' to the collection.

  3. 8 March 2024

     Added 'Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2024'.

  4. 14 December 2023

     Added 'Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2023'.

  5. 20 October 2023

     Added 'Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: August 2023'.

  6. 21 July 2023

     Added Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: May 2023 to collection.

  7. 16 March 2023

     Added Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2023.

  8. 15 December 2022

     Added 'Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2022'.

  9. 8 September 2022

     Added 'Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: August 2022'.

  10. 1 July 2022

      Added 'Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: May 2022'.

  11. 14 March 2022

      Added voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: February 2022.

  12. 20 January 2022

      Added voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: November 2021.

  13. 10 September 2021

      Added 'Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: August 2021'

  14. 11 June 2021

      Added 'Voluntary scheme aggregate net sales and payment information: May 2021'.

  15. 23 October 2019

      First published.