FOI-02853

##Request##

You asked us:

<p><i>Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Im requesting the following information on prescribing of inclisiran in England:

The number of patients who have been prescribed inclisiran between September 2021 and May 1 2025 (or the latest month for which data are available) as the total number and broken down by month</i></p>

##Response##

I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information and notes explaining it is attached.

NHS Prescription Services process prescriptions for pharmacy contractors, appliance contractors, dispensing doctors and personal administration with information then used to make payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors in England for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings (other arrangements are in place for making payments to dispensing doctors and personal administration). This involves processing over one billion prescription items and payments totaling over £9 billion each year. The information gathered from this process is then used to provide information on costs and trends in prescribing in England and Wales to over 25,000 registered NHS and Department of Health and Social Care users.

<strong>Data Source: ePACT2</strong>

Data in ePACT2 is sourced from the NHSBSA Data Warehouse and is derived from products prescribed on prescriptions and dispensed in the community. The data captured from prescription processing is used to calculate reimbursement and remuneration. It includes items prescribed in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey / Alderney, Jersey and Isle of Man which have been dispensed in the community in England. English prescribing that has been dispensed in Wales, Scotland, Guernsey / Alderney, Jersey and Isle of Man is also included.

<strong>The data excludes:</strong> 

• items not dispensed, disallowed, and those returned to the contractor for further clarification

• prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in prisons, hospitals and private prescriptions

• items prescribed, but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser

<strong>Time Periods</strong> 

Monthly data: September 2021 to March 2025 (this is the latest data available)

Aggregated data: September 2021 to March 2025.

<strong>Organisation Data</strong>

Prescribed in England and dispensed within the community.

<strong>This dataset</strong>

The data provides a unique identifiable patient count for individuals prescribed a presentation from the British National Formulary (BNF) chemical substance of Inclisiran (BNF 0212000AM). 

Please note that there is only one presentation of the medication Leqvio available for the time period of September 2021 to March 2025.

<strong>Patient Identification</strong> 

Where patient identifiable figures have been reported, they are based on the information captured during the prescription processing activities. You should note that patient details cannot be captured on every prescription form, and based on the criteria used for this analysis, patient information (NHS number) was only available for 95.65% of prescription items.

The figures for the number of identifiable patients should not be combined and reported at any other level than provided, as this may result in double-counting of patients. For example, a single patient could appear in the results for multiple time periods.

<strong>Data Queries</strong>

Please contact <a href=mailto:foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk>foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a>   ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.
Reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact <a href=mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk>communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a> . This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:
“ePACT2, NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.


Tags: Inclisiran, prescribing data, prescription data
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