AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-03824

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

<p><i>'How many pension estimates were received for each week between 1st February 2026 and 1st April 2026. OF those requests how many have been processed, broken down to the week they were requested. For example for requests made 1-8th February how many estimates were requested and of these how many of those have been processed.</i></p>

<p><i>How many breached the 40 working days that the NHS Pension website claims estimates are provided and the reasons for the breech of 40 working days.'</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 14 May 2026. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)  

##Our 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. 

For each week, the data shows how many cases were received, how many of those cases were eventually processed (regardless of when they were completed), and how many of the processed cases took more than 40 working days. 

__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. 

__Reusing the data and copyright__

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact <a href=mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk>communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a>. 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”. 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: NHS Pensions, Pensions estimates
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03869

##Request

For prescription items not dispensed that have become out of date on the spine and no longer able to be dispensed.
 
From May 2022 to the latest month you have data for.
 
Fields as follows:
 
Month of Prescribing<br>
Region Name<br>
Region Code<br>
ICB Name<br>
ICB Code<br>
Practice Name<br>
Practice ODS Code<br>
BNF Presentation<br>
BNF Code<br>
Quantity<br>
Quantity X Items<br>
SNOMED Code

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 1 June 2026. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  

##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 may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

##NHS England
NHS England<br>
PO Box 16738<br>
Redditch<br>
B97 9PT<br>
Telephone 0300 311 22 33<br>
Email: <a href="mailto: england.contactus@nhs.net">england.contactus@nhs.net</a> <br>
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: Not held
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03875

##Request

You asked us:

<i>I am writing on behalf of our company, which operates three community pharmacy sites. We would like to request information regarding the number of prescriptions issued by Navigo Mental Health Organisation that have been dispensed at our pharmacies.
Specifically, we would like to know the number of prescription items for each month from January 2026 to May 2026 that originated from Navigo using the following ODS codes:

Y02716<br>
Y02722<br>
Y03070<br>
Y03072<br>
Y03073<br>
Y03074<br>
Y03075<br>
Y03071

The prescriptions we are interested in are those dispensed at our pharmacy sites listed below

LP SD Eighty One Ltd<br>
Unit 1,2 Greengables<br>
Station Road<br>
New Waltham<br>
Grimsby<br>
DN36 4YE<br>
ODS Code FVH12
 
LP SD Seventy Nine Ltd<br>
208 Littlecoates Road<br>
Grimsby<br>
DN34 5SU<br>
ODS Codes FXH94
 
Tatari Realty Company Ltd<br>
Unit 4 Acorn Business Park<br>
Moss Road<br>
Grimsby<br>
DN32 0LT<br>
ODS Codes FQN38</i>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 2 June 2026.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. 

##Our 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 NHSBSA website https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/dispensing-practices-dispensing-data 

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

This dataset is currently updated to February 2026 however it will be updated with future months as they become available.


Tags: NHS Presciption Services, Section 21
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03872

##Request

<i>Please also provide copies of any NHSBSA policies, guidance, or internal documents relating to maximum secondment duration, if held</i>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 29 May 2026. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

##Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.

##Advice and Assistance

Information about maximum duration can be found on page 3 of the attached policy document.

##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.

##Reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact <a href=mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk>communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a>. 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:<br>
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: HR, NHS jobs, nhsbsa
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03816

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

<i>Hi there, I am a researcher in University of York Centre for Health Economics and am currently working on a dental care privatization project funded by the Health Foundation REAL Supply research unit. I am wondering if I can ask for monthly general dental care practices' dental care activity and patients seen datasets as early year as possible? Currently I can see that there are publicly available annual data from 2019 onward on NHS BSA published data list.</i>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 12 May 2026. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  

##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 has been destroyed in accordance with the NHS Business Services Authority’s records management practice. 

##Advice and assistance

NHS Digital may have published some of the earlier data that we no longer hold, however this would not be broken down by month. Their website linking to Dental statistics can be found below:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics 

Tags: NHS Dental Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03833

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

<p><i>‘How many people applied for their pension estimate on the 18th of November 2025.</i></p>

<p><i>What percentage of those people actually received the information within the 40 working days as per your website. How many people are still waiting for their estimates and how long can they really expect it to be before they receive their information.’</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 16 May 2026.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

##Our response 

64 people applied for their pension estimate on 18 November 2025. As of 28 May 2026, 49 cases have been completed, with 15 still outstanding. 1 request was processed within 40 days (1.56%). 

Please note, we are experiencing very high volumes of redundancy estimate requests, due to NHS-wide redundancies.  

As outlined on our website, we continue to prioritise estimates for members who require an estimate urgently. These are members who: 

* are up to 1 year away from retirement 

* are terminally ill 

* need one to comply with a court order or legal proceedings (such as divorce proceedings, mortgage applications, etc) 

__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. 

__Reusing the data and copyright__

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact <a href=mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk>communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a>. 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”. 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: NHS Pensions, Pension Estimate
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03830

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

<i>This request concerns any authorised, funded, commissioned, approved, reviewed or monitored research, clinical trial, observational study, public-health study, pharmacovigilance project, data-linkage project, or medication-related study involving Belfast Health and Social Care Trust patients, patient records, prescribing data, clinical cohorts, or population-level health data.

For the avoidance of doubt, this request includes studies concerning the effects of medications, prescribing patterns, psychiatric/neurological outcomes, trauma-related health outcomes, conflict/post-conflict population health, or medication effects within Northern Ireland populations.</i>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 16 May 2026. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  

##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

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust may hold the information you have requested. They can be contacted as follows:

Public Liaison<br>
Belfast HSC Trust<br>
1st Floor, Nore Villa<br>
Knockbracken Healthcare Park<br>
Belfast<br>
BT8 8BH

Email: <a href="mailto: publicliaison@belfasttrust.hscni.net"> publicliaison@belfasttrust.hscni.net</a>

Alternatively, you can complete the web form found at the below link:

https://belfasttrust.hscni.net/about/access-to-information/foi/ 

Tags: Not held
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03746

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

__Request__

<p><i>‘Please could I put in FOI request for Islington’s Healthy Start ward level data for Q4 of 2025-2026 (Jan-March)?’</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 15 April 2026.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

__Our response__

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached. 

__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. 

__Reusing the data and copyright__

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact <a href=mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk>communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a>. 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”. 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, Islington
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03862

##Request

<i>I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
For the purposes of this request, a 'strike-related cancellation' means an appointment, procedure, or operation cancelled or postponed where 'industrial action' was recorded as the primary reason for cancellation in the Trust's or ICB's capacity management system.
 
Please provide aggregated management information already held by NHS England for the period January 2023 to most recent date available, covering all periods of industrial action by medical staff:</i>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 28 May 2026. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  

##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, each Integrated Care Board (ICB) or NHS Trust 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<br>
PO Box 16738<br>
Redditch<br>
B97 9PT<br>
Telephone 0300 311 22 33<br>
Email: <a href="mailto: england.contactus@nhs.net"> england.contactus@nhs.net</a><br>
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.

##NHS Trusts

Please find the link below to a list of each NHS Trust:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/ 

Tags: Not held
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03855

<p><strong>Request</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p>You asked us:&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Total number of metred dose inhalers prescribed annually.</em>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Total number of spacer devices or valved holding chambers prescribed&nbsp;annually.</em>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>If possible, also broken down for different regions/trusts.</em>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong><em>Date range:</em></strong><em>&nbsp;1/1/2015 &ndash; 22/5/2026</em>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on&nbsp;22 May 2026.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Our response</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>April and May 2026</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I am writing to&nbsp;advise&nbsp;you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have&nbsp;established&nbsp;that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA. There is a lag between prescriptions being dispensed, and them being sent to the NHSBSA&nbsp;for processing, meaning that prescriptions for April and May 2026 (partial month requested) are not held.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Data&nbsp;up to March 2026</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p>We can&nbsp;confirm&nbsp;the requested information is held by the NHSBSA.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Under&nbsp;Section 21 of the&nbsp;FOIA&nbsp;we&nbsp;are not required to&nbsp;provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The information you requested is available&nbsp;through the annual Prescription Cost Analysis&nbsp;datasets. A full overview can be found&nbsp;at:&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescription-cost-analysis-england">https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescription-cost-analysis-england</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>This provides an overview of the dataset and relevant links.&nbsp;Annual datasets broken down by ICB are available&nbsp;to view or download in CSV format&nbsp;at the following link:&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/prescription-cost-analysis-pca-annual-statistics">Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Annual Statistics - Datasets - Open Data Portal</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Please see the following link to view the section&nbsp;21&nbsp;in full -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Advice and&nbsp;assistance</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Please note&nbsp;that &lsquo;metred dose inhalers&rsquo;,&nbsp;&lsquo;spacer devices&rsquo;,&nbsp;and &lsquo;valved holding chambers&rsquo;&nbsp;are not recognised classifications within the BNF. Relevant&nbsp;entries&nbsp;can be found by&nbsp;filtering&nbsp;the&nbsp;BNF Chapter&nbsp;by for Respiratory System&nbsp;and&nbsp;identifying&nbsp;the products of interest.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Please note that&nbsp;March&nbsp;2026 is the latest data currently available.&nbsp;</p>

Tags: NHS Prescription data
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03467

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

##Request

<i>Please could you provide the total number of items prescribed by general dental practitioners and dispensed by community pharmacies between April 2016 and December 2025, separately for each NHS dental contract and each month. If data is not available for each dental practice in each month, please provide any data that you have at the dental contract level with relevant dates. Please do this for all items in the Dental Practitioners Formulary in long format, so that each row of the data contains a column with the year, month, contract number, the location V code, the location postcode, the BNF chemical substance code, BNF presentation, the number of items dispensed in that month and the net ingredients cost in GBP.</i>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 16 December 2025.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  

##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

Prescription data we hold does not include which contract the prescription was prescribed by. In addition, our organisational database does not hold dental practice or dental contract information, which is why we are only able to report dental prescribing at a national level.

Tags: Community Pharmacy, NHS Dental
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log