FOI-03870

<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,469777843,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri,Times New Roman&quot;,469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}">Request</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">You asked us:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><em><span data-contrast="auto">Could I request the following dataset:&nbsp;</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span><em><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><em><span data-contrast="auto">Could you please provide the total cost (Net Ingredient Cost).</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><em><span data-contrast="auto">Please provide the total cost broken down by BNF code, prescribed&nbsp;date&nbsp;and practice&nbsp;code.(i.e.&nbsp;cost for every single day using EPS, as opposed to aggregated monthly).</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><em><span data-contrast="auto">Please break it&nbsp;down by&nbsp;GP practice code.</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><em><span data-contrast="auto">W</span></em><em><span data-contrast="auto">e are only interested in chapter 23 of the drug tariff&nbsp;</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><em><span data-contrast="auto">We would like all available data from 1st January 2026</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</li>
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<p><em><span data-contrast="auto">Please let me know if you have any questions or require further clarification.</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on&nbsp;1 June 2026.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Our response</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335559738&quot;:210,&quot;335559739&quot;:210}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">NHS Prescription Services process prescriptions for&nbsp;pharmacy&nbsp;contractors,&nbsp;appliance&nbsp;contractors,&nbsp;dispensing&nbsp;doctors and&nbsp;personal&nbsp;administration&nbsp;with information then used to&nbsp;make&nbsp;payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors in England for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings (other arrangements are in place for making payments to&nbsp;dispensing&nbsp;doctors and&nbsp;personal&nbsp;administration). This involves processing over 1 billion prescription items&nbsp;and&nbsp;payments totalling over &pound;9 billion&nbsp;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.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Data Source</span></strong> <span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The data source is the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Exclusions</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The Data excludes:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">items not dispensed, disallowed and those returned to the contractor for further clarification&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in Prisons, Hospitals and Private prescriptions</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not&nbsp;submitted&nbsp;to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">items supplied under NHS pharmacy advanced services</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Time Period</span></strong> <span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Items prescribed in February 2026 and March 2026 (with each month given as a&nbsp;separate&nbsp;file). Note that most data published by the NHSBSA is calculated based on the month that it is processed for payment (after submission by the dispensing contractor) and therefore matching against other datasets with this data may not be reliable. Later submissions may still be made for prescription dates in the months given.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Organisation Data</span></strong> <span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Limited to items prescribed and dispensed in England.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Medications</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Limited to items in Chapter 23 of the BNF.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Prescription type</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Limited to prescriptions issued under the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). The NHSBSA does not hold prescribed dates for paper prescriptions, so these cannot be included in a daily breakdown. 90.38% of prescription items issued over this&nbsp;time period&nbsp;for Chapter 23 items were EPS.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,469777843,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri,Times New Roman&quot;,469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}">Data Queries</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Please contact&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan&nbsp;on publishing&nbsp;the data.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335559739&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Reusing the data and copyright</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">If you plan&nbsp;on producing&nbsp;a press or broadcast story based upon the&nbsp;data&nbsp;please contact&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto">. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">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:</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">&ldquo;Data Warehouse, NHSBSA Copyright 2026&rdquo;.</span><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p>
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