FOI-01744

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Please can you provide the following information:

All items prescribed by:

(Prescriber Sub-Type)

Nurse Independent 

Community Practitioner Nurse 

For the following ICB's:

* NHS Birmingham and Solihull
* NHS Black Country
* NHS Coventry and Warwickshire
* NHS Derby and Derbyshire
* NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire
* NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
* NHS Lincolnshire
* NHS Northamptonshire
* NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
* NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
* NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Over the period specified (1st April 2014- 13th February 2024)

Time frame  01/04/14 to 13/02/24

Your request was received on 13th February 2024 and has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Response

A copy of the information is attached.

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: ePACT2

Data in ePACT2 is sourced from the NHSBSA Data Warehouse and is derived from products prescribed on prescriptions and dispensed in the Community. The data captured from prescription processing is used to calculate reimbursement and remuneration. It includes items prescribed in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey / Alderney, Jersey, and Isle of Man which have been dispensed in the community in England. English prescribing that has been dispensed in Wales, Scotland, Guernsey / Alderney, Jersey, and Isle of Man is also included.

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.

###Dataset

This dataset consists of items prescribed on a quarterly basis and is limited by prescriber sub-type and ICB (Integrated Care Board).

###Time Period

Data is presented quarterly for prescribing between April 2014 and December 2023. Please note that December 2023 is currently the latest month for which prescribing data is available.

###Organisation Data

The data is for prescribing in England regardless of where dispensed in the community.

###Items

Shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form, not the quantity prescribed 

##Data Queries
If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact foidata@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:
“ePACT2, 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.


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