AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-01339

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

I am making an FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act
 
In (A) 2022 and separately (B) in the first six months of 2023
 
1.           How many penalty charge notices were issued to people who had claimed free prescriptions?
2.           What was the total cash value of those PCNs?
3.           How much of that cash value was (a) prescription charge and (b) penalty
4.           How many were overturned?
5.           What was the value of those overturned?
6.           How many fines remain unpaid?
7.           What was the administrative cost from start to finish of enforcing prescription charges?

You clarified your request as follows:

Q: For point 7 by “start to finish” do you mean the start of the exemption checking service?

A: I meant the end to end costs in the two time periods specified.

Your clarified request was received on 11 August 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Response

###Questions 1-6
A copy of the information is attached. The data is correct as at 9 August 2023

We have defined overturned Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) as those which were cancelled, and those where the exemption was later confirmed.

###Question 7
(A)	£7.55m 

(B)	£6.27m

The cost of running the service is covered by the monies recovered through Penalty Charge Notices. 

##Data Queries

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

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 2023” 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: PCN, Penalty Charges
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01546

#Request#
Since the inception of EIBSS on 1 November 2017 up to 1 November 2023 I would like to request the following numbers for each of the categories listed below. 
1. The total number of individuals registered with EIBSS between 1 November 2017 and 1 November 2023. 
2. The total number of individuals that have died between 1 November 2017 and 1 November 2023. 
CATEGORIES 
Hepatitis C (stage 1) 
Hepatitis C (stage 1) with SCM 
Hepatitis C (stage 2) 
HIV 
Co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C (stage 1) 
Co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C (stage 1) with SCM 
Co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C (stage 2) 
Bereaved Spouses or Partners 

#Response#
A copy of the information is attached. The data for question 2 was correct as of 16 November 2023. Please note that some numbers may have changed within previous years. 
 
This is due to more people coming forward to register on the scheme and notifying EIBSS of deaths on historic dates. 


Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03451

<p><b>Request</b></p>
<p><i>You asked us:</i></p>
<p><i>‘I note that the NHS Pension Scheme Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 provides aggregate information on pensions in payment, but does not include any breakdown of pension amounts by pensioner. Accordingly, I would like to request the following information.</i></p>
<p><i>1. The number of NHS Pension Scheme pensioners in payment whose annual pension is greater than:</i></p>
<p><i>a. £30,000</i></p>
<p><i>b. £50,000</i></p>
<p><i>c. £70,000</i></p>
<p><i>d. £100,000</i></p>
<p><i>To ensure the request remains within the FoI cost limit, please provide this information only if it already exists in the form of an internal statistical table, summary, or extract that can be released without manipulation of individual member records.</i></p>
<p><i>If the thresholds used above do not match an existing statistical table, I would be grateful if you could provide the closest available pension-band distribution for pensioners in payment.’ [Date range: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024]</i></p>
<p><i>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 12 December 2025.</i></p>
<p><i>On 8 January 2026 you confirmed that data in the following bandings would be acceptable:</i></p>
<p><i>£33,000 – £49,999.99 </i></p>
<p><i>£50,000 – £99,999.99 </i></p>
<p><i>£100,000 and over </i></p>
<p>We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.</p>
<p><b>Our response</b></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The information you requested is available on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal under FOI-03367 and FOI-02147. These FOIs can be found using the following links.</p>
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03367
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02147
<p>Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21</a></p>
<p><b>Publishing this response</b></p>
<p>Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:</p>
<p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03451">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03451</a></p>
<p>Your personal details will be removed from the published response.</p>

Tags: NHS Pension Scheme
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01605

#Request#
I would like to obtain a list of vacancies between 1 December 2021 to date for the following Trusts: 

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust 

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Foundation Trust 

Kent and Medway NHS Foundation Trust 

East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Foundation Trust 


It would be really helpful if this could cover the following positions (including bank and agency roles): 

Band 5 and Band 7 Clinical Trials Principal / Senior Pharmacy Technician  
Should you be able to assist, in terms of the information we require I would be grateful if you could kindly include the information set out below in any table compiled:  

  

Name of organisation 

Vacancy reference number 

Job title 

Staff group 

Salary 

AfC banding 

Date published 

Date closed 

Duration (i.e. permanent/fixed term for X months) 

Part time/full time 

Vacancy site (i.e. the hospital/site the position was held) 

#Response#
A copy of the information is attached.  

 

The post code field confirms the location of the vacancy. 

 

The information provided is limited to the information supplied to us by the recruiting organisation. For more detail on each position, you may wish to write to each trust directly. A directory of trusts and Clinical Care Groups (CCGs) and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) (including the ones provided in the data) can be found at the below web link: 
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/


Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03621

I am writing to confirm that I have now completed my search for the information you requested. 

##Request 

You asked us: 

<p><i>‘We are interested in evaluating differences over time in GLP-1 receptor agonists prescribing in primary care settings in England. The data used for this piece of analytics will feed into British Heart Foundation's work on cardiovascular disease health inequalities.</i></p>

<p><i>Time: Jan 2016 - most recent month</i></p>

<p><i>Drug class: GLP-1 receptor agonists</i></p>

<p><i>Drug types: liraglutide, semaglutide, tirzepatide</i></p>

<p><i>Brand names: Saxenda, Wegovy, Mounjaro</i></p>

<p><i>Geography: England, aggregated patient-level data by GP practice’</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 19 February 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. Please see the following link to view section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 

The information you requested is available on our website: 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-prescribing-dataset-epd-with-snomed-code 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-prescribing-data-epd 

##Advice and assistance 

The information can be located by opening each month and then by filtering it by the Chemical Substances required (liraglutide, semaglutide, tirzepatide). This will give the practice breakdown by items and quantity. 

Tags: GLP-1 receptor agonists, Mounjaro, NHS Prescriptions, Saxenda, Semaglutide, Wegovy, liraglutide, tirzepatide
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03396

<p><strong>Request</strong></p>
<p><em>Can you let me know the number of NHS employees who have retired since August 2021 based on information supplied to them by NHS Pensions, only to receive information at a later date that they had been overpaid due to incorrect information being given to NHS Pensions by their employing NHS Trust. The trust in question is Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.</em></p>
<p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 22 November 2025.</p>
<p>We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).</p>
<p><strong>Our response</strong></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 NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA).</p>
<p>The NHSBSA does not hold any information regarding why a member decides to retire,</p>
<p>As we are unable to identify the relevant pension members we would also not be able to identify if there were any overpayments to those individuals.</p>
<p><strong>Advice and assistance</strong></p>
<p>We would be able to provide the total number of people who have claimed pension benefits since August 2021.</p>
<p>Should this be of interest to you, we would need you to confirm that this should include:</p>
<p>only pension members who were leaving active service with Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, or</p>
<p>all members with any historic/deferred benefits with the Trust.</p>
<p>We would also be able to provide the number of those pension members who have had an overpayment since August 2021.</p>
<p>However, please be aware that overpayments are not caused or assigned to a specific Trust. Therefore, whilst we can identify if there has been an overpayment after claiming benefits, this may not be due to Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust or in connection with the pension member's employment at the Trust.</p>
<p>Please also be aware that we are unlikely to be able to provide a breakdown of the reasons that overpayments have occurred. This is because to determine this would require manual interrogation of each member's pension record and therefore would likely exceed the statutory cost limit under section 12 of FOIA.</p>
<p><strong>Publishing this response</strong></p>
<p>Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:</p>
<p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03396">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03396</a></p>
<p>Your personal details will be removed from the published response.</p>

Tags: NHS Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01916

#Request#
Hello, thank you for fulfilling my previous request at https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01426 Could I please request the same data, but for any newer months for which data is available? i.e. November and December 2023, and January 2024. 

#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  
Source System – Insight Data Warehouse. 
 
Time period  
November-December 2023, and January-February 2024 for the Pharmacy Contractor file 
January 2024-March 2024 for the Appliance Contractor file 
 
This dataset 
FOI 01916 has 7 files 
November-December 2023, and January-February 2024 for the Pharmacy Contractor file, January 2024-March 2024 for the Appliance Contractor file. 
 
This report consists of a management information file detailing monthly Community Pharmacy and Appliance Payments by type of payment and contractor account. Payments include all drug costs, fees, patient charges, locally authorised payments, etc. Other details such as the numbers of items dispensed, and patient charges collected are also included. 
 
The management information file reflects the contractor's payment and prescription data associated with the Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) structure at the relevant payment date. 
 
Disclosure Control 
The data in columns ‘METHADONE PAYMENT FEE’ and ‘CONTROLLED DRUGS FEE VALUE’ within the Pharmacy dataset have been removed following Information Governance policy. 


Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03637

I am writing to confirm that I have now completed my search for the information you requested. 

##Request 

You asked us: 

<p><i>‘I would like to please request information on prescription directions/dosages, e.g. 'one to be taken daily'. I would like to request this in spreadsheet form with the fields of 'prescribing ODS code', 'prescribed quantity', and 'prescription directions', for the molecule of mirtazapine 15mg tablets, for the latest month for which data is available (I believe that this is currently November 2025). I am not requesting any patient identifiable information.’</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 26 February 2026.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.  

##Our response 

##Directions and dosages 

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. The NHSBSA does not capture this information. 

##Prescribing at quantity level 

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 link below: 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-prescribing-dataset-epd-with-snomed-code 

Under the ‘Data and Resources’ section, select the month of interest to view quantity level prescription data. 

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 

Tags: NHS Prescriptions, mirtazapine
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03634

I am writing to confirm that I have now completed my search for the information you requested. 

##Request 

You asked us: 

<p><i>‘Could you please let me know how many RSS have been issued for the four categories listed below and how many members are in each cohort;</i></p> 

<p><i>Retired by 1 October 2023 - formerly unprotected and only legacy benefits in payment.</i></p>

<p><i>Retired by 1 October 2023 - formerly taper protected and only legacy benefits in payment.</i></p>

<p><i>Retired by 1 October 2023 - formerly unprotected and both legacy and reform benefits in payment.</i></p>

<p><i>Retired by 1 October 2023 - formerly taper protected and both legacy and reform benefits in payment.’</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 26 February 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 from the link below: 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03572 

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 

Please be advised, on 26 February 2026, we provided you with the requested data as of 23 February 2026. Due to the short amount of time between requests, the changes to the requested data will be minimal, as there are only 3 days between the data provided and the date for the new request. 

We would recommend you consider submitting new requests at least two months apart. This will ensure that we can provide you with the information requested. 

Tags: NHS Pensions, RSS, Remedial Service Statements
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03453

__Request__

_Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information:_

_• The amount of the top five most commonly prescribed antidepressants (SSRIs) per month in 2023 in England (all regions)_

_• The amount of the top five most commonly prescribed antidepressants (SSRIs) per month in 2024 in England (all regions)_

_• The amount of the top five most commonly prescribed antidepressants (SSRIs) per month in 2025 in England (all regions) (please provide your latest data available for December)_

_Please note, upon a quick Google search, the top five most commonly prescribed SSRIs appear to be: Sertraline, Fluoxetine, Amitriptyline, Citalopram, and Mirtazapine - however, please feel free to correct this if I am incorrect._

__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. 

Prescribing data for antidepressants, including SSRIs, is available in the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) published by NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). This dataset includes monthly prescribing information for all medicines in England, including:

•	Items (number of prescriptions)

•	Quantity

•	NIC (Net Ingredient Cost)

The EPD can be accessed via the NHSBSA Open Data Portal https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-prescribing-dataset-epd-with-snomed-code.  Please note that the dataset contains over one million rows and cannot be fully opened in standard spreadsheet programs such as Excel. To access the data effectively, you will need to apply filters before downloading.

For SSRIs, you can filter using the BNF sub-paragraph code 0403030, which corresponds to “Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors.” To identify all relevant SSRIs, filter on all BNF chemical substance codes that begin with 0403030.

Further guidance on filtering large datasets is available in the NHSBSA user guide:
https://scribehow.com/viewer/Download_English_Prescribing_Dataset_EPD_Filtered_Records_Step-by-Step__MJZhcJhaRB20YA2hn7qy1Q 

Please note that full data for the year 2025 is not yet available as it is still being processed and validated. Data releases follow a scheduled timetable, and future publication dates can be found on the NHS Business Services Authority Data Release Calendar, available at: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/data-release-calendar

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21


Tags: NHS Prescription Services, SSRIs, antidepressant
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-03629

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

<p><i>‘Please send me the above list</i></p>

<p><i>Please also advise when, in the last 12 months, and with whom, contracting out arrangements were in place for the provision of the services of NHS Pensions for the purposes of paying the benefits of the NHS Pension to overseas members in Portugal’</i></p>

[On 25 February 2026 you clarified your request as follows] 

<p><i>‘List of main contractors and suppliers’</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 24 February 2026, with clarification received on 25 February 2026.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

##Our response 

The provider for Portugal for the period requested is EQ Retirement Solutions. 

You may also find the below link helpful, which confirms we work with Equiniti: 

https://equiniti.com/uk/services/retirement-solutions/  

##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: Contractors, NHS Pensions, Overseas members, Portugal
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log