FOI-02442

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

‘1. Please could you provide a list of pharmacies, including their location, providing the new medicine service with the inclusion of depression as a clinical area.  

2. Please could you provide the number of patients that have accessed the new medicine service with the inclusion of depression as a clinical area.  

3. Please could you provide a list of pharmacies, including their location, providing the NHS Smoking Cessation Service Pilot Transfer of Care to Community Pharmacy from Maternity Services.  

4. Please could you provide the number of patients that have accessed the NHS Smoking Cessation Service Pilot Transfer of Care to Community Pharmacy from Maternity Services.’ 

##[On 16 December 2024 you clarified your request as follows] 

‘Apologies, please could I have this information from 1 January 2024 to 16 December 2024.’ 

##[On 19 December 2024 you clarified your request as follows] 

‘Yes, for Q1 and Q3, please could I have a list of pharmacies that have paid claims for these services. 

And thank you, I will contact NHS England about Q2 and Q4.’ 

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 13 December 2024.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

##Our response 

##Number of Patients 

With regards to questions 2 and 4, please be advised that we do not hold the requested information as we do not receive patient identifiable information for these services. You may wish to redirect your request to NHSE on behalf of PCSE or the Integrated Care Boards, as they may hold this information.   

##Remaining Information 

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. 

##NHSBSA 

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 

Source System – Insight Data Warehouse.   

##Time Period 

January 2024 - October 2024 (aggregated). October 2024 is currently the latest month for which data is available.  

Part 1 includes data from January 2024 – May 2024. There was no data outside these dates.  

Part 2 only has data for March 2024. There was no data outside these dates.  

##Dataset  

This dataset provides a list of pharmacy contractors who have received paid claims for services relating to the Community Pharmacy New Medicine Service (NMS) Depression Pilot (Part 1 of the data), and the NHS Smoking Cessation Pilot- Transfer to Community Pharmacy from Maternity Services (Part 2 of the data).  

The contractor’s Host ICB, Pharmacy Code, Address and the total aggregated payment received have been included within the data.  

The data reflects the contractor's payment and prescription data associated with the Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) structure at the relevant payment date.  

##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. 

##Reusing the data and copyright 

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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 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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