FOI-03360

__Request__

_I would like to request the number of Pharmacy First claims made per day covering the period from 22/NOV/2024 to 22/Jan/2025. I would also like to know what type of services had been claimed for in particular to the following dates: 22/NOV/2024, 29/Nov/2024, 13/DEC/2024, 20/DEC/2024, 23/DEC/2024, 27/DEC204, 21/JAN/2025 and 22/JAN/2025. The request is only for the below pharmacy. This data will help support to ascertain what impact having locum pharmacists has on current services. EAST STREET PHARMACY (FJF07)(QKS) WARDERS MEDICAL CENTRE 47 EAST STREET TONBRIDGE KENT TN9 1LA_

On the 14 November 2025 you clarified the following:

_This should include both the seven Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways only, as well as activities for Urgent Medicines Service and Minor Illness Service. In addition to hypertension services provided._

_These services provided should be broken down day by day of the set period requested._

__Response__

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

NHSBSA Prescription Services process prescriptions and other activities and information is then used to make payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors (in England) for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings. This involves processing approximately 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 users.

__Data Source__

NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse

__Time Period__

22 November 2024 – 22 January 2025

__Contents__

This FOI contains data on the number of consultations carried out by East Street Pharmacy for Pharmacy First and Hypertension Case Finding Services between the above dates.

__Services included and caveats relating to data quality__

Data on the following Pharmacy Advanced Services have been provided:

•	Pharmacy First Clinical Pathways

•	Pharmacy First CPCS (Urgent Medicines Service and Minor Illness Service)

•	Hypertension Case Finding Service

For each total, the service name and the service element (i.e. type of treatment service, or Clinical Pathway) has been included. A count of unique consultations is shown for each Service, service element and assessment date. Assessment date relates to the date on which a consultation took place.

For Pharmacy First Clinical Pathway activity, data is restricted to consultation activity for which payment has been made to the pharmacy.

For Pharmacy First CPCS and Hypertension Case Finding activity, we are unable to state with certainty whether payment was made for the consultations reported in the data. All totals only include consultations which were submitted for payment, but we do not have visibility at a transactional level to ascertain which have subsequently been paid.

In the rows for Hypertension Case Finding, 'CLINIC' refers to an initial cuff test carried out in pharmacy, while 'ABPM' refers to ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (there are no ABPM records in the data).

__Exclusions__

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.

__Data Queries__

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk 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 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 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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