AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-01664

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

What contract monitoring does NHSBSA have in place to avoid this situation occuring to other members of public?

Your request was received on 15th January 2024 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Response

The relevant section of the contract says:

The supplier shall:

_“Provide the Customer and any relevant Service Recipient with full co-operation and assistance (within the timescales reasonably required by the Customer and/or Service Recipient) in relation to any complaint, communication or request made (as referred to in Clause 24A.1(f)), including by promptly providing the Customer and Service Recipient with full details of the complaint, communication or request;_

_If requested by the Customer and/or Service Recipient, provide a written description of the measures that it has taken and the technical and organisational security measures that it has in place for the purpose of compliance with its obligations pursuant to this Clause 24A and provide to the Customer and/or Service Recipient copies of all documentation relevant to such compliance including, protocols, procedures, guidance, training and manuals.”_

Contract management is added to the agenda of the review meetings with the supplier.

##Data Queries

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data, please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk 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:
“NHSBSA Copyright 2024” 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: Contract
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01676

#Request#
1) I would like to have the information about how many PCNs issued for prescriptions issued where the prepayment claim was found not to be valid. 
 
2) I would like to know how many of those PCNs were successfully challenged and the main reasons 
 
3) I would like to know how many of the claims that were not successfully challenged proceeded to debt collection 
 
4) I would like to know how many of the claims that went to debt collection had a CCJ issued and how many CCJs were refused 

#Response#
The data below relates to 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023.
 
Question 1  
 
274,320 
 
Question 2  
 
31,859 successfully challenged. 12,100 PCNs were cancelled and 19,759 were closed for exemption confirmed.   
 
Cancelled Cases are more circumstantial rather than due to exemption confirmed. Reasons for cancelled cases include but are not limited to; letters returned to the BSA as undelivered; the patient paid for the prescription or dental treatment at the pharmacy / dental practice; a prescription keying error; and Asylum Seekers. 
 
Question 3 
 
0 
 
Question 4 
 
0 
 


Tags: Penalty Charges
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01683

#Request#
With respect to the NHS supporting early diagnosis of cancer (Community Pharmacy) pilot 

1.     How many pharmacy contractors registered for this pilot during June, July, August, September, October, November and December 2023?  

2.     How many pharmacy contractors are currently registered for this pilot? 

3.     How many claims for payment for the service have been received by community pharmacies during June, July, August, September, October, November and December 2023? 

4.     How many claims have community pharmacies made cumulatively for this pilot to date? 

5.     How much have community pharmacies been paid for their work as part of the pilot during June, July, August, September, October, November and December 2023?  

6.     How much have community pharmacies been paid cumulatively for this pilot to date?  

#Response#
Question 1 
 
Our User Research team have confirmed that 8 pharmacies registered for the service in July 2023- no other pharmacies have registered in June 2023, or between August and December 2023. 
 
Question 2 
 
9 pharmacies are registered in total for the pilot as of January 2024. 
 
Questions 3 & 4 
 
We are unable to answer these questions- This is because the NHSBSA only receive monthly confirmation of amounts to be paid to pharmacies participating in the Early Diagnosis of Cancer local scheme, as confirmed by the regional Integrated Care Boards the pharmacies are located in. The amounts confirmed are not broken down into the number of claims the pharmacies have made in order to be entitled to those payments. Therefore, we cannot definitively confirm how many claims for payment have been received, or made cumulatively, for the pilot to date. 
 
Questions 5 & 6 
 
This information is held within the monthly Management Information Spreadsheet (MIS) Pharmacy Contractor reports, for which data is currently available up until October 2023. 
 
All the reports for the months requested (that are currently available) have been published in previous FOI’s; 
 
June 2023’s Pharmacy Contractor report was published in FOI-01426 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01426 
 
July, August and September 2023’s Pharmacy Contractor report was published in FOI-01579 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01579 
 
October 2023’s Pharmacy Contractor report was published in FOI-01673 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01673 
 
Any payments made to a pharmacy contractor within the respective month are listed under the column Local_Scheme_21 within each pharmacy contractor spreadsheet. Please note that payments have only been made in June 2023, July 2023 and September 2023, based on the data within the MIS spreadsheets. We would also state as a caveat that any payments made may be subject to adjustments in further months. 


Tags: community pharmacy
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01646

#Request

_How many incorrect retirement benefits calculations, resulting in a decrease in the initial payment, were made between 1/7/2021 and 31/7/2022 as a direct result of inaccurate or late information received from East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.)_

_What was the longest, shortest and average time in days before the pensioner was informed of the error and informed of a substitute award?_ 

_What was the highest, lowest and average amount the award was changed ,as a percentage of total pension?_

_If a year will result in too many working hours required to find this information please calculate from 1/8/2021-31/1/2022._

##Response

Following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you’ve requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority. 

Awards can be revised for numerous reasons, a revised award doesn’t always mean an employer has submitted revised information. 

Awards can be revised following notification of a change in pay or service but this doesn’t mean that the initial information provided was inaccurate or late. For example, in the event of multiple part time posts, an employer could submit a change that results in a revised award. 

For members retiring from active service, it is standard for awards to be calculated using estimated figures provided by the employer because final pay figures won’t be known if a member is still in service. 


Tags: NHS Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01645

#Request

_Could I please get the most current list of Pharmacy F Codes with LPC code/LPC name assigned, in csv or excel format._

##Response

A copy of the information 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 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.

__Data Source__	

NHSBSA DPC Database
	
__Time Period__	

Current as of 3 January 2024
	
__Organisation Data__	

The data shows a list of English Pharmacies and their associated Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC) Code and Name as of 3 January 2024.

This information is provided by the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and is keyed into the Local Payment Application on their behalf. 

Please note:

The information is not static i.e., a pharmacy can move LPC and therefore any extracted data will be ‘as of the date stated’.

__Data Queries__

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact foidata@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk 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:
“NHSBSA DPC Database, NHSBSA Copyright 2023” 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: LPC code, NHS Prescription Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01644

#Request

_Could I please request an updated list of Pharmacy Contractors that are indicated as 100- hour contracts on your database._

##Response

A copy of the information 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 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.

__Data Source__    

The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse.

__Time period__

Contractor list contains open pharmacies indicated as 100-hours on 15th January 2024.

__Pharmacy Code__

The pharmacy code, also known as the 'ODS Code' of any pharmacy indicated as a 100-hour pharmacy.

__Pharmacy Name__

The trading name associated with that pharmacy's ODS Code.

__Data Queries__

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact foidata@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk 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:
“NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse, NHSBSA Copyright 2023” 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: 100-hour contracts, NHS Prescription Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01643

#Request

_Could I please request an updated list of Pharmacy Contractors that are indicated as Distance Selling on your database._

##Response

A copy of the information 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 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.
	
__Data Source__

NHSBSA MDR organisation data base	

__Time Period__	

Current as of 03/01/2024
	
__Organisation Data__
	
The data shows a list of open (active) pharmacies indicated as distance selling (DSP) on MDR.

__Data Queries__

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact foidata@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk 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:
“NHSBSA MDR organisation data base, NHSBSA Copyright 2023” 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: Distance selling, NHS Prescription Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01631

##Request

Send me a full Report and all Documents and how long the bus has spent on the case and the costs involved

##Response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority.

This is because we are unable to report on a single case. The rest of your data has been included in the response for Subject Access Request-02092

Please note that this response will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01631


Tags: Loss Recovery, Penalty Charge
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01612

#Request#
Please could you tell me how many NHS pension members have applied for Partial Retirement since 1 October 2023? Please provide a figure for each calendar month 

#Response#
The data is included in the table below:  

Oct-23 	
1,215 

Nov-23 	
613 

Dec-23 	
442 

Jan-24 	
590 

Feb-24 	
217
 
Mar-24 	
86
 
Apr-24 	
103 

 
We have considered the ‘date of application’ to be the date on which the member is applying to claim their pension benefits from and when benefits become payable. This is referred to as ‘the payable date’.  It is not the date the award was completed or the date that the first payment was made. 
 
The data provided in the table above is for both completed and ongoing Partial Retirement applications. If an application is rejected or withdrawn, as it can be throughout the Partial Retirement application process, it would then be removed from the above figures as there is no reportable information. 
 
As of 2 January 2024, there are 369 applications still to process, that are eligible for Partial Retirement, but as these applications have not yet been processed, we cannot confirm the type of pension benefits that have been applied for. 



Tags: NHS Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01381

#Request#
Please provide the following information under FOI law 

1.	full schedule of uk databases used to check eligibility for Health Insurance Card eg NI, passport, register of births 

2.	number of applications for HI Card received april 22-april 23 

3.	number of applications rejected due to lack of  proof of eligibility april 22-april 23 

4.	number of people required to provide further proof following application 

5.	NHS definition of legal criteria for eligibility for Health Insurance Card 

Your request was received on 16 August 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
 
On 3 December 2023 you clarified the following: 
 
1) When assessing UK Global Health Insurance Card applications does the Authority have access to UK Government records? For example Registration of Births, National Insurance, EU Settlement Scheme records, UK Passport Office Records, DVA Records of Driving Licences? 
 
2) Please give me the number of applications for UK Global Health Insurance Card applications in the last financial year.  Please also indicate the number that were approved and the number rejected due to insufficient proof of residency. 
 
On 27th December 2023 you clarified the following: 
 
5) I can confirm I want the information for EHIC, UK EHIC and UK GHIC. 

#Response#
Question 1 
 
When assessing UK Global Health Insurance Card applications, the NHSBSA has access to some UK Government records, such as EU settlement Scheme records. The NHSBSA does not have access to National Insurance records, Registration of Births, UK Passport Office Records or DVA Records.  
 
UK Global Health Insurance Card applications are based on a residency system and the NHSBSA will use third party data provider Equifax to establish UK residency. This is stated in our Privacy Notice. 
 
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/our-policies/privacy/overseas-healthcare-services-privacy-notice#:~:text=You%20have%20the%20right%20to,it%20for%20longer%20than%20necessary
 
Question 2 
 
There were 6,510,849 UK Global Health Insurance Card applications in the last financial year. 
 
Question 3 and 4 
 
6,016,310 applications were approved and 145,876 were rejected because we were unable to establish proof of residency.  
 
The remaining applications were either rejected for other reasons, or we have not yet finished dealing with them. 

Question 5  
 
The following links provide definitions of legal criteria for eligibility for UK GHIC and UK EHIC:  
•	https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-26813 
•	https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/apply-for-a-free-uk-global-health-insurance-card-ghic/ 
Please note that we do not issue EHIC anymore as that card has been replaced by the UK EHIC. 


Tags: Overseas Health Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log