FOI-03163

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

<b>Request</b><br><br>
You asked us:<br><br>
<i>Please can you provide the information by pharmacy contractor on the number of prescriptions dispensed for emaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) for the month of June 2025.</i><br><br>
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 5 September 2025.<br><br>
We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.<br><br>
<b>Our response</b><br><br>
I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. It is attached.<br><br>
Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.<br><br>
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 1 billion prescription items and payments totalling 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.<br><br>
<b>Data Source: ePACT2</b><br>
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.<br><br>
<b>The data excludes:</b><br>
• Items not dispensed, disallowed and those returned to the contractor for further clarification.<br>
• Prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in Prisons, Hospitals and Private prescriptions.<br>
• Items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.<br><br>
<b>Time Period:</b><br>
June 2025<br><br>
<b>Organisation Data:</b><br>
The data is for items prescribed anywhere and dispensed by English Pharmacy Contractors.<br><br>
A date with the letter 'C' in brackets – example (C 01-Jun-25) against a dispenser indicates that this organisation is closed as of the date stated.<br><br>
<b>Data:</b><br>
This dataset is limited to where the dispensing contractor has dispensed only either Wegovy or Mounjaro branded products within the BNF chemical substances of Semaglutide (BNF 0601023AW) and Tirzepatide (BNF 0601023AZ). The data has been aggregated by the relevant Chemical Substance, and by the dispensing contractor.<br><br>
<b>BNF Code:</b><br>
The BNF Code is a 15-digit code in which the first seven digits are allocated according to the categories in the BNF, and the last 8 digits represent the medicinal product, form, strength and the link to the generic equivalent product. NHS Prescription Services has created pseudo BNF chapters, which are not published, for items not included in BNF chapters 1 to 15. Most of these items are dressings and appliances which NHS Prescription Services has classified into four pseudo BNF chapters (20 to 23).<br><br>
<b>Items:</b><br>
Shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form, not the quantity prescribed.<br><br>
<b>Data Queries</b><br><br>
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.

<b>Reusing the data and copyright</b><br><br>
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:<br><br>
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/</a><br><br>
Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “ePACT2, NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.<br><br>

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