FOI-03050

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

You asked us:

<i>Andro Pharmaceuticals Ltd is a UK company with a MAA for a female-specific testosterone cream recently granted MAA by the MHRA.
 
Would you please assist with providing information on the following under Freedom of Information?
 
Please provide a breakdown (by month) of the number of unique identified female patients prescribed a transdermal presentation of the chemical substance Testosterone (BNF 0604020K0) in England from 1 Jan 2024 until 30 March 2025. Can a data please include a breakdown of the transdermal product supplied (Testogel sachet, Testogel pump, Testim or Tostran)?</i>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 1 August 2025. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. 

##Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information and notes explaining it is attached.  

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

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.

<b>Exclusions</b><br>
The Data excludes: 

•	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.

•	Items supplied as part of a Pharmacy First consultation or service.
 
<b>Data Source</b>	
The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse.
 
<b>Time Period</b>	
January 2024 - March 2025
 
<b>Organisation Data</b><br>
The data provided is for prescriptions prescribed in England.
 
<b>Drugs</b><br>
Limited to the chemical substance Testosterone (0604020K0). The NHSBSA cannot confirm the specific product that was supplied, only what the pharmacy has claimed for.
 
<b>Patients</b><br>
Prescriptions are only included if an NHS Number has been captured during NHSBSA processing. The dataset is limited to patients whose gender is recorded in the NHSBSA's copy of the Patient Demographics Service (PDS) data as 'Female'.
 
For this request, 98.85% of items on prescriptions within the limits of the dataset had an identified patient and gender.

##Data Queries

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: “Data Warehouse, NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. 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.

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