AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-03355

Thank you for your request for information about the following:
 
##Request 
 
You asked us: 
 
<i>In 2018-19 and 2024-25, could you tell me: 
 
1. The volume of all NHS prescriptions processed by NHS BSA. 
 
2. The administrative (processing) costs incurred by NHSBSA associated with all submitted prescriptions. </i>
 
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 11 November 2025. 
 
We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  
 
##Our response 
 
<b>Question 1 - The volume of all NHS prescriptions processed by NHS BSA. </b>
 
Under Section 21 of the FOIA we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you.  
 
The information you requested is available on the NHSBSA website: 
 
•	data for 2018/19 can be found at: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescription-cost-analysis-england/prescription-cost-analysis-england-2019. Use Table A1 in the 'Additional tables' file to find the total number of items. 

•	data for 2024/25 can be found at: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescription-cost-analysis-england/prescription-cost-analysis-england-202425  
 
Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 
 
##Advice and assistance 
 
Under the Resource List heading, the Additional tables (table A1) provide Total items (cost, number of items and cost per person, 2015/2016 to 2024/2025). 
 
<b>Question 2 - The administrative (processing) costs incurred by NHSBSA associated with all submitted prescriptions.</b> 
 
In the financial year of 2018/19 the administrative cost incurred was £13.49 million. 
 
In the financial year of 2024/25 the administrative cost incurred was £11.51 million. 

Tags: NHS Presciption Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03565

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request 

You asked us: 

<p><i>‘I would like to request the current up to date UDA values for practices providing NHS dental sedation services across England.</i></p>

<p><i>I don’t believe this information is available online but if it is, please let me know how to access this information.’</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 28 January 2026.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.  

##Our response 

Under FOIA Section 21, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you have requested is publicly available in our English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual Dataset, which sits on our Open Data Portal:  

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-and-orthodontic-contractual-dataset  

The latest available data we have is up to September 2025. 

For just Practices offering Sedation Services, filter the data by SEDATION_FIN_VALUE (Sedation Financial Value) where the figure is not zero. To get the Cost per UDA just divide TOTAL_FIN_VALUE (Total Financial Value) by CONTRACTED_UDA (Contracted UDA). 

To get cost per sedation UDA, divide sedation financial value (SEDATION_FIN_VALUE) by the sedation performance target (SEDATION_COT_TARGET). 

To view section 21 in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 

Tags: NHS Dental Sedation Services, Sedation, UDA values
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03062

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    <p>Thank you for your request for information about the following:</p>

    <p><b>Request</b></p>

    <p><i>I am writing to submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p>
   <p>I would like to request data on the number of colorectal surgeries performed, by Hospital and Month over the last 2 years. As well as this, is it possible to have the number of IBD Cases per Hospital also? It would be great to have this at trust level if possible. </i></p>

    <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 7 August 2025.</p>

    <p>We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).</p>

    <p><b>Our response</b></p>

    <p>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 NHSBSA.</p>

    <p><b>Advice and Assistance</b></p>

    <p>Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England or each Integrated Care Board (ICB) may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:</p>

   <p><b>Integrated Care Board (ICB)</b></p>

    <p>You can find each local ICB at: 
    <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/">https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/</a></p>

    <p><b>NHS England</b></p>

    <p>NHS England<br>
    PO Box 16738<br>
    Redditch<br>
    B97 9PT<br>
    Telephone 0300 311 22 33<br>
    Email: <a href="mailto:englandcontactus@nhs.net">england.contactus@nhs.net</a><br>
    Web: <a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/">http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/</a></p>

    <p>Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal.<br>
    More information can be found here: 
    <a href="https://wwwnhs.uk/">https://www.england.nhs.uk/</a></p>

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Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03347

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 
 
##Request 
 
<i>The number of patients that called NHS 111 between Friday 7 Nov 2025 and Sunday 9 November 2025 in the Cambridgeshire region requesting dental services and how many patients actually received treatment during this period by a Dentist.</i>
 
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 10 November 2025. 
 
We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.  
 
##Our 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 NHSBSA. 
 
##Advice and Assistance 
 
Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England (NHSE) may hold some or all of the information you require.  
 
They can be contacted at: 
  
NHS England<br>
PO Box 16738 <br>
Redditch <br>
B97 9PT <br>
Email: <a href="mailto: england.contactus@nhs.net ">england.contactus@nhs.net </a><br>
Website: https://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/  
 
Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal.   
 
More information can be found here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/  

Tags: 111, Dental activity, NHS Dental
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03418

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

_I am conducting a 4 nations research survey of GPs and wish to email this to every GP practice in England (and devolved nations)._ 

_I would like to request the contact details for all currently registered GP practices in England. Their contact details MUST include the following details in Excel format please:_ 

_Name of the GP practice_

_GP registration number - ODS Code_

_Business address, premises Postcode - County and ICB_

_Official NHS shared email address of the GP practice (e.g. ****@nhs.net)_

##Response

Under Section 21 of the FOIA we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. 

The information you requested is available on the Open Data Portal (ODP) at the following weblink: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/prescriber-details 

Please note that we do not hold GP email addresses.

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21

__Advice and assistance__

There may also be useful information on the NHSE website - https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-search-and-export/csv-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data 



Tags: gp, registered GP practices
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03413

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

_Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:_

_Please provide the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) posts for all NHS staff employed under Agenda for Change (AfC) in England in the most recent period for which you have data (e.g. April 2025), broken down by AfC Band and High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) rate (general England rate, HCAS inner, HCAS outer, and HCAS fringe)._ 

_The resulting information should be presented in a table describing how many FTE employees there are in each Band, by HCAS rate - e.g. 5,000 FTE staff employed in Band 2, of which 500 are HCAS inner, 300 are HCAS outer, 200 are HCAS fringe etc._

##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 NHSBSA.

Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England or each Integrated Care Board (ICB) may hold some or all of the information you require.
 
They can be contacted at:

__Integrated Care Board (ICB)__

You can find each local ICB at: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/

__NHS England__

NHS England

PO Box 16738

Redditch

B97 9PT

Telephone 0300 311 22 33

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net

Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/

Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal.



Tags: nhs jobs
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03303

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

 _Please disclose the full guidance available for employers in respect of how they should apply NHS pension contribution rates (and those rates) for bank workers at the START of employment and for EXISTING bank workers because it seems there is a two-tier system in place which penalises existing bank workers_

##Response

Under Section 21 of the FOIA we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. 

Contribution guidance for employers can be found at the following link:
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/employer-hub/technical-guidance/pay-and-contributions 

Information on all the changes to the contribution rates can be found at the following link:
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/public-service-pensions-remedy-mccloud/information-employers-about-changes-public-sector-pensions 

There is a detailed payroll guidance on the above webpage.

Bank workers fall under the guidance for part time staff. 

The following link may also be of interest to you:
https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-27957/en-us 

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21




Tags: contribution rates, nhs pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03115

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

_Please can I request an update to FOI-02996, for the same query but to reflect the next data months available - that is, May 2025 and June 2025 (Year_Month 202505 and 202506)_

_The request covers BNF Chapters 20-22 and Chapter 23._

_The data in these requests were from the data source NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse’ with the Columns YEAR_MONTH, PRACTICE_CODE, DISPENSER_CODE, BNF_CHAPTER_CODE, BNF_CODE, PRODUCT_ORDER_NUMBER, PACK_ORDER_NUMBER, EPD_BNF_20_21_22, EPD_BNF_23, AC_FLAG, ENG_PRESC_BNF20_23, NIC_GBP, ITEMS and TOTAL_QUANTITY._

_Could I have the same caveats so that the data matches with the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD)._

On the 8 September 2025 you clarified the following:

_The request covers BNF Chapters 20-23._

_The data is from the data source NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse’ with the columns:_ 
_YEAR_MONTH_
_PRACTICE_CODE_
_DISPENSER_CODE_
_BNF_CHAPTER_CODE_
_BNF_CODE_
_PRODUCT_ORDER_NUMBER_
_PACK_ORDER_NUMBER_
_EPD_BNF_20_21_22_
_EPD_BNF_23_
_AC_FLAG_
_ENG_PRESC_BNF20_23_
_NIC_GBP_
_ITEMS_
_TOTAL_QUANTITY._

_I would like data for all items in BNF Chapters 20-23 to include both the prescriber and dispenser details._

##Response

Under Section 21 of the FOIA we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. 

The information you requested is available from the following weblink: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03129



Tags: BNF Chapters 20-23, NHS Prescription Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03124

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

_The purpose of this request is to gather data on the number of children referred to weight management services._

_Specifically, please provide for each of the financial years: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and (if available) 2024/25 to date:_

_1.	The total annual spend by your ICB on services primarily commissioned for the prevention or treatment of obesity_

_For clarity: This may include (but is not limited to) lifestyle/weight management programmes and specialist obesity services commissioned for the prevention or treatment of obesity (for example, tier 2 community-based weight management programmes, tier 3 multidisciplinary/specialist weight management services, or any other services your ICB commissions that are primarily focused on obesity)._

_I confirm that I am not seeking any personal or identifying information about individuals involved in these cases. I would like you to provide the information in the following format:_

•	_Please provide the information in electronic format, preferably as an Excel spreadsheet or CSV file. Please avoid sending PDFs or Word documents if possible._
	
_If you are unable to provide the specified information:_

•	_If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request._

•	_If you are unable to provide the specified information exactly as requested, please provide *any* data you have that is relevant to the request and explain why the other information cannot be provided._

##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 NHSBSA.

__Advice and assistance__

Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible each Integrated Care Board (ICB) may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

__Integrated Care Board (ICB)__

You can find each local ICB at: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/ 



Tags: Weight management services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03444

__Request__

_Could you please provide the current number of staff employed by the NHS BSA and each of their bands/grades?_

__Response__

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested.

The data below is as of 30 November 2025:

Pay Band	 - Total

Band 2 - 188

Band 3 - 2,325

Band 4 - 717

Band 5 - 618

Band 6 - 453

Band 7 - 587

Band 8A - 255

Band 8B - 160

Band 8C - 68

Band 8D - 27

Band 9 - 18

Non-AFC - 108

Grand Total - 5,524

__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 Copyright 2026” 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: Pay BAND, nhsbsa staff
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02914

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

_Please could I also request Islington s ward level Healthy Start uptake data from April 24- March 25_

##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.

Local Authority - The local authority the full postcode relates to the latest NSPL data available (source: ONS NSPL).

Ward - The ward the full postcode relates to the latest NSPL data available (source: ONS NSPL).

Ward Code - The ward code the full postcode relates to the latest NSPL data available (source: ONS NSPL).

Total People on Digital Scheme (formerly Entitled Beneficiaries) - The total number of people on the digital scheme (for the reporting month). This includes the number of children under the age of four and the number of pregnancies over ten weeks.

__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 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.



Tags: Healthy Start, Healthy start vouchers, Islington
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03528

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

_Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information._

_For the most recent financial year available, and for the equivalent year in 2019/20, please provide:_

_1.	The total number of nurses employed by the NHS in England (headcount or full-time equivalent – please specify which is used)._

_2.	The number of those nurses with an annual gross salary above the higher-rate income tax threshold (£50,270) applicable in that year._

_3.	The number of those nurses with an annual gross salary above the additional-rate threshold (£125,140), if available._

##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 NHSBSA.

__Advice and assistance__

Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England or each Integrated Care Board (ICB) may hold some or all of the information you require. 

They can be contacted at:

__Integrated Care Board (ICB)__

You can find each local ICB at: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/

__NHS England__

NHS England
PO Box 16738
Redditch
B97 9PT
Telephone 0300 311 22 33

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net

Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/

Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal.

More information can be found here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/



Tags: employed nurses
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log