FOI-02928

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

You asked us:

<p><i>ICould you please tell me how many individual prescribers per surgery have written a script for the below BNF codes in the below surgeries.

0401040A0BBAAAA
0401040A0BBABAB
0401040A0AAAAAA
0401040A0AAABAB

N85007, P88026, P81213, M81042, N83608, C83042,F82039, L82056 ,F81062, N82113, P84678, D81054, N81019, D82019, N85013, C84704, M85046, P92011, P84045, N81049, E82044, G81095, N84006, E87733, N81127, F85002, B85022, J83026, J81041, N85027, M88008, W98049, A81016, H81031, Y02423, N81050, P88044, C83073, H84017, G85034, M86015, N85025, P88002, M85063, M88040, M85074, A83033</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on Tuesday 17 June 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.

##Data Source	
The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse.

##Time Period	
November 2023 – March 2025

##Organisation Data	
Limited to the following practice codes: N85007, P88026, P81213, M81042, N83608, C83042,F82039, L82056 ,F81062, N82113, P84678, D81054, N81019, D82019, N85013, C84704, M85046, P92011, P84045, N81049, E82044, G81095, N84006, E87733, N81127, F85002, B85022, J83026, J81041, N85027, M88008, W98049, A81016, H81031, Y02423, N81050, P88044, C83073, H84017, G85034, M86015, N85025, P88002, M85063, M88040, M85074, A83033

##Drugs
Limited to the following BNF codes 0401040A0BBAAAA, 0401040A0BBABAB, 0401040A0AAAAAA, 0401040A0AAABAB

##Unique Prescribers
A count of the unique professional codes for prescribers who issued the requested drugs during the specified time period at that practice. Please note that this count only includes prescribers where a professional code was recorded. For this request, 99.75% of items on prescriptions within the limits of the dataset had an prescriber with a professional code.

This dataset excludes deputising services and any prescriptions issued under generic practice-level codes, rather than those linked to individual prescribers.

##Exclusions

The Data excludes: <ul>
<li>Items not dispensed, disallowed and those returned to the contractor for further clarification. </li>
<li>Prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in Prisons, Hospitals and Private prescriptions.</li>
<li>Items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.</li>
<li>Items supplied as part of a Pharmacy First consultation or service.</li></ul>

##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.
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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.

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