There is a completed file for each month. FOI8592 has 2 files (February 2019 and March 2019) Source System – ISP (National MIS Files) NHSBSA 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. 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, patient’s charges collected are also included. The management information file reflects the contractor's payment and prescription data associated with the sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) structure at the relevant payment date. The data contained within the files can be interpreted correctly by using the ‘MIS Glossary’ available under ‘Management Information Spreadsheet (MIS) Report’ at https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information-services-portal-isp/isp-report-information . The data in column METHADONE PAYMT and ADD FEE-2E within the Pharmacy dataset have been removed following Information Governance policy. Appliance Contractors data within the MIS- Report shows data for the following month. (E.g. MIS-Report for January 19 will show February 19 Appliance Contractor data). Previous requests and months provided – please add new requests to this.

Response A copy of the information is attached. NHSBSA 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 NHSBSA MDR organisation data base Time Period Current as of 05/04/2024 Organisation Data The data shows a list of Open (active) pharmacies indicated as distance selling (DSP) on MDR. Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01858

The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse. 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. Please note data for drugs flagged in our database as Schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs have been excluded from this dataset for physical security reasons to prevent the identification of organisations with high levels of controlled drug dispensing. This may mean that the data in this FOI may differ from the published data in the report above, for example summing NIC for the time period may differ due to the excluded controlled drugs. The time period covered is for April 2022. Prescribing limited to prescribing organisations in England marked as hospitals (this matches the published data in the above link). No limitations on dispensing organisation No limits on prescribed products Items

Could I please request an updated list of Pharmacy Contractors that are indicated as 100- hour contracts on your database. 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 The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse. Time period Contractor list contains open pharmacies indicated as 100-hours on 15th January 2024. Pharmacy Code The pharmacy code, also known as the 'ODS Code' of any pharmacy indicated as a 100-hour pharmacy. Pharmacy Name The trading name associated with that pharmacy's ODS Code. 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.

This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: a) it is not fair to disclose claimant personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress. b) these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the claimant. Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40 Breach of Patient confidentiality Please note that the identification of claimants is also a breach of the common law duty of confidence. A claimant who has been identified could make a claim against the NHSBSA or yourself for the disclosure of the confidential information. The information requested is therefore being withheld as it falls under the exemption in section 41(1) ‘Information provided in confidence’ of the Freedom of Information Act. Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/41

The BNF Code is a 15 digit code in which the first seven digits are allocated according to the categories in the BNF and the last 8 digits represent the medicinal product, form, strength and the link to the generic equivalent product. NHS Prescription Services has created pseudo BNF chapters, which are not published, for items not included in BNF chapters 1 to 15. The majority of such items are dressings and appliances which NHS Prescription Services has classified into four pseudo BNF chapters (20 to 23). Items Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. Total Quantity Total quantity is the number of items multiplied by the quantity prescribed. e.g. 2 items prescribed, one with a quantity of 2 and one with a quantity of 3, the total quantity would show as 5 (1 item x quantity of 2) + (1 item x quantity of 3) Net Ingredient Cost (NIC(£)) Net Ingredient cost (NIC) is the basic price of a drug as stated in Part II Clause 8 of the Drug Tariff but please note that where a price concession for items listed in Part VIII of the Drug Tariff has been agreed between the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee the NIC will reflect the concession price rather than the Drug Tariff price. Publishing this response Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01855

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I was wondering if you would be able to develop on top of the FOI Request FOI 01097, FOI 01206, FOI 01322 & FOI 01506. https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01097 (January 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01206 (January 2021 - March 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01322 (April 2023 - May 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01506 (June 2023 - August 2023) 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_CODE, PRODUCT_ORDER_NUMBER, PACK_ORDER_NUMBER and NIC_GBP. The data is limited to prescribing within BNF Chapter 23 - Stoma Appliances, limited to England, Wales, Scotland, Guernsey, Alderney, Jersey, and the Isle of Man The data excludes: Items not dispensed, disallowed and those returned to the contractor for further clarification.

Request

Dispensing data by BNF Code and CCG is available through NHS BSA website. In that data set the records are split between Pharmacy Contractors and Appliance Contractors. I would like to see the same data every month for each Appliance Contractor rather than an aggregated figure. Data on numbers of prescriptions processed etc IS available but not the detail on what has been dispensed.

On 19 May 2022 you clarified the following:

Thanks for your reply. I’m looking for something similar to the published “Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data”. I hadn’t realised the contractors themselves were mapped to STPs, I thought it was the STP of the GP prescribing so I don’t need that merely something similar to the existing data set excluding some of the fields but with the addition of the DAC Contractor information with the type is English Appliance Contractor’ (as in the yellow columns) I only want BNF chapters 21, 22 & 23 and I would like the data by month for the last 24 available months or 36 if the extract can all be done at the same time.

Response

A copy of the information is attached.

Dispensing at English Appliance Contractors for BNF Chapter 21 Appliances, 22 Incontinence Appliances and 23 Stoma Appliances at presentation level from April 2019 to March 2022.

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.

Time Period: Monthly data from April 2019 to March 2022

Organisation Data: The data is for prescriptions dispensed by Appliance Contractors in the community in England.

Data: This dataset is limited to the dispensing of products within BNF chapter 21 Appliances, chapter 22 Incontinence appliances and chapter 23 Stoma appliances at presentation level.

Total quantity: Total quantity is the number of items multiplied by the quantity prescribed. e.g. 2 items prescribed, one with a quantity of 2 and one with a quantity of 3, the total quantity would show as 5 (1 item x quantity of 2) + (1 item x quantity of 3)

Net Ingredient Cost (£): Net Ingredient cost (NIC) is the basic price of an appliance as stated in Part II Clause 8 of the Drug Tariff.

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-25464

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact nhsbsa.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 nhsbsa.communicationsteam@nhs.net. 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 2022” 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.

Redditch B97 9PT Telephone 0300 311 22 33 Email: england.contactus@nhs.net Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/ Please note that this response will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-25472 Your personal details will be removed from the published response.

Data Source The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse. Time period Contractor list contains open pharmacies indicated as 100-hours on 15th March 2024. Pharmacy Code The pharmacy code, also known as the 'f-code' of any pharmacy indicated as a 100-hour pharmacy Pharmacy Name The trading name associated with that pharmacy's f-code Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01859

• 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) Your request was received on 8 February 2024 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response Please find attached file containing all the band 5 nursing vacancies for requested organisations published between 5 February 2023 – 8 February 2024. The post code field confirms the location of the vacancy. The information provided is limited to what the recruiting organisation supplies us with. 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/ Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01733 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.

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.

BNF Code The 11 characters at the beginning of a BNF code which specifies a Product (generic or branded) but not its strength or formulation. PRODUCT_ORDER_NUMBER and PACK_ORDER_NUMBER If this is not held in our database then it will be blank. Items Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. NIC_GBP The cost of the supplied item(s) calculated from the reimbursement price held on the NHSBSA master database. Given in Pounds Stirling. TOTAL_QUANTITY Total quantity is the number of items multiplied by the quantity prescribed. e.g. 2 items prescribed, one with a quantity of 2 and one with a quantity of 3, the total quantity would show as 5 (1 item x quantity of 2) + (1 item x quantity of 3) EPD_FLAG When this says 'EPD' the data is included in the English Prescribing dataset on our open data portal. This means the prescriptions were prescribed in England by GP practices/cost centres, dispensed in England, Jersey, Guernsey/Alderny, IOM, Wales, Scotland. A link to the EPD https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-prescribing-data-epd ACCOUNT_TYPE Categorises the dispensing contractor according to country and type of contractor. BNF_APPLIANCE_FLAG Indicates if the presentation is categorised in the BNF chapters 20-23. EPD_BNF_20_21_22 Indicates that the prescription is included in the English Prescribing dataset and the presentation is categorised in the BNF chapters 20-22. EPD_BNF_23 Indicates that the prescription is included in the English Prescribing dataset and the presentation is categorised in the BNF chapter 23. ENG_PRESC_BNF20_23 Indicates the prescription was prescribed in England, and the presentation is categorised in the BNF chapters 20-23. This is not limited by the type of prescribing organisation or the dispensing location. October 2023 and November 2023 Under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in the response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested for October 2023 and November 2023 is available for web link: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01681 Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

Could I please request the prescribing data for unlicensed cannabis based medicinal products [CBMP] prescribed privately, from Nov 2018 until the most recent available. I'm particularly looking for the item count, broken down on a monthly basis. Response A copy of the information is attached. Private prescribing of unlicensed cannabis-based medicines November 2018 to March 2023 NHS Prescription Services, within the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) process prescriptions for Pharmacy Contractors, Appliance Contractors, Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration. This information is then used to make payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors in England for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings. There are other arrangements 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 When prescriptions are processed by the NHSBSA data capture, prescriptions sometimes contain prescribing of medicines that were not populated on the NHSBSA drug database at the time. This type of order will be captured as an ‘unspecified drug.’ Data for prescribing of unlicensed cannabis-based medicines has been taken from data captured as unspecified prescribing. Unlicensed cannabis-based medicines are identified by an additional review process which occurs after the prescriptions have been processed. The items identified by this review are reported against the date that the prescription was written and not necessarily when they were submitted. Therefore, these figures may be subject to change if the prescription is submitted to the NHSBSA in a later month. This dataset This dataset shows total items per month for private prescriptions for unlicensed cannabis-based products. Time Period November 2018 to March 2023 (the latest available month currently). The Data is presented monthly. Organisation Data Data for private unlicensed prescriptions is limited to prescriptions dispensed in England. Items Shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed.

Please provide the information in the same format as FOI 01274 Response A copy of the information is attached. The Pensions Online (POL) Helpdesk is part of the Employer Helpline (option 2 on the call directing) Question 6 I am writing to advise you that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority. The way which we record complaints has changed. As such, the way in which we capture, record, and categorise no longer allows us to identify which channel the complaint was received, or which channel the complaint was in reference to. Complaints are now categorised more generally relating to the main subject of the complaint. Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01630

I am looking to make a freedom of information request for the purpose of academic research. The information I seek relates to NHS dental activity data. Please find attached an Excel spreadsheet that lays out the information that I seek. Please also see this below as a list. Time period For each financial year since the introduction of UDAs i.e. FY 2006/7 until the most recently completed financial year of 2022/3 Geographical areas For each lower tier local authority (i.e. the 317 single tier local authorities) Data In each local authority and in each financial year, I seek: the total number of UDAs commissioned the total number of UDAs delivered the total number of dentists that have delivered any NHS courses of primary care treatment for the number of dentists, to have this split out for sex, ie. male/female/other Your request was received on 13 April 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response A copy of the information is attached. Guidance Notes:

The Innovation Scorecard reports on the use of medicines and medicine groupings in the NHS in England, which have been positively appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NHS Digital has produced and published the Innovation Scorecard as an Official Statistic since January 2013 on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences. It can be used by local NHS organisations to monitor progress in implementing NICE Technology Appraisal (TA) recommendations. The scorecard is produced using a range of administrative data sources prior to publication and no additional central data collection is involved. This publication is the third in the series to use the Secondary Care Medicines data that is supplied by Rx-Info and now published by the NHS BSA through their open data portal to provide a richer source of data down to hospital Trust level. This data is not directly comparable with the secondary care data used in previous publications due to variations in the coverage and completeness and changes in some of the prescribing measures used to present volume of use in this publication. The estimates report has now been replaced with a methodology statement as the figures for estimated expected uptake have been integrated into the national level groupings dashboard.