The pharmacy opening and closures data set shows the numbers of pharmacies in England that are included on a Pharmaceutical List held by NHS England on the last calendar day of each month, and so can provide NHS prescriptions and pharmaceutical services. These are split into three groups by the number of premises in each pharmacy group: Small (1-5), Medium (6-99) and Large (100+) pharmacy groups. This data set also separately includes figures for pharmacies subject to the 100 hours condition and distance selling pharmacies. Pharmacies which have changed ownership will be counted as a closure with a new pharmacy opening on the next day, however this doesn’t affect the net change figures. ‘Opened’ means pharmacies that have joined a Pharmaceutical List and started providing NHS services between the first and last calendar day of the month; and ‘closed’ means pharmacies that have been removed from a list and have ceased providing NHS services between first and last calendar day of the month. Data is as accurate as the data held by the NHSBSA data warehouse at the time of publishing each month. Total figures may not agree month to month due to openings and closures resulting in pharmacies changing group size or where backdated amendments are made. This dataset differs from the [General Pharmaceutical Services](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/general-pharmaceutical-services-england) (GPhS) official statistics publication as the two publications count the number of pharmacies included in a Pharmaceutical List in two different ways. The GPhS publication presents active pharmacies as those which submitted prescriptions to the NHSBSA for processing across a whole year. That methodology used for the GPhS publication differs from the methodology used for this dataset which is set out above, so we would not expect the two to be comparable. We publish the related dataset [Consolidated Pharmaceutical List](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/consolidated-pharmaceutical-list) on a quarterly basis.
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)
##Request You asked us: I would like to request a re-run of a previous Freedom of Information request which you have kindly responded to. I would like to make a new request under the Freedom of Information Act, for the following data: The reference number for the previous request is 02381 and we would like a re-run of this for the latest data, i.e. for the month of December 2024. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 17 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our 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. ###Caveats 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. ###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 drugs flagged in our database as Schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs have been excluded from this dataset for information security reasons to prevent the identification of organisations with high levels of controlled drug dispensing. This data is limited to prescriptions prescribed in England and dispensed in either England, Scotland or Wales. ###Time Period December 2024 ###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. ###SNOMED_CONCEPT_ID SNOMED CT is an internationally recognised coding system for electronic health records, which enables information to be shared between clinical systems in an easy, secure and accurate manner. SNOMED CT contains clinical terms for all aspects of NHS activity, from procedures and symptoms, through to clinical measurements, diagnoses and medications. ###VMP_VMPP_AMP_AMPP VMP / VMPP / AMP / AMPP indicates if the row of data relates to a virtual (VMP) or actual (AMP) product. With VMP and AMP at presentation level and VMPP and AMPP being at pack level. ###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/Alderney, 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. ##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: “Data Warehouse, 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.
##Dataset Description This dataset allows you to look at the commissioned activity and contractual payments for all NHS Dental Services provided for each financial year, at national, commissioner and contract level. These are provided each month because contracts can change during a financial year. You can compare the general and orthodontic services commissioned to that provided/delivered in the contract data. This will give you an idea of how areas of contracts are performing. The dataset is released at individual dental contract level and only relates to contracts that provide General NHS Dental Services. However, they do contain information on all service lines held by that contract. This dataset will not give the whole picture of NHS dentistry in England as it is possible for other dental services to be commissioned locally. You can read more about this dataset in the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual dataset guidance documentation (ODT: 223 KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20General%20Dental%20and%20Orthodontic%20Contractual%20Dataset%20Guidance.odt). You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual Dataset data dictionary (XLSX: 21KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20General%20Dental%20and%20Orthodontic%20Contractual%20Dataset%20Data%20Dictionary%20v1.xlsx) We also publish the [English Contractor Monthly General Activity Dental Activity dataset](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity) and the [English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Dental Activity dataset](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-orthodontic-activity). ##Overview of Service Information about our NHSBSA Dental Data service can be found [here on the NHSBSA Dental Data webpage.](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/dental-data) ##Data Source NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse ##Data Collection The dataset is derived from contractual entries made by commissioners via the Compass system ##Time Periods This dataset is published three months behind the current month. Example: March 2024 data will be published in June 2024. ##Geography This data is for England only. ##Caveats The dataset is released at individual dental contract level and only relates to contracts that provide General NHS Dental Services. However, they do contain information on all service lines held by that contract. This dataset will not give the whole picture of NHS dentistry in England as it is possible for other dental services to be commissioned locally. ##Citation NHS Business Services Authority. "English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual Dataset" NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-and-orthodontic-contractual-dataset
English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Contractual Dataset
##Request You asked us: I am writing to kindly request access to the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) dataset, aggregated by day, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I understand that this dataset may be substantial, so data from 01/01/2022 to 01/01/2024 would be sufficient. Should the dataset still prove to be too large, I would be happy to receive it aggregated by week, although daily data would be preferred if feasible. You clarified your response as follows: • Could you please provide the total cost (Net Ingredient Cost). • Please provide the total cost broken down by BNF code, date and practice code. • Please break it down by GP practice code. • We are only interested in chapter 23 of the drug tariff (BNF code begins with 23) If this is still too large, please could you provide the daily aggregated data at the ICB level. In the case the reduced dataset remains too large, please could you provide data for the past 2 years only. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your clarified request on 6 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our 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 The data source is 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. ###Time Period Items dispensed between December 2021 and November 2024 inclusive, with each month given as a separate file. ###Organisation Data Limited to items prescribed and dispensed in England. ###Medications Limited to items that fall into Chapter 23 of the BNF. ###Prescription type Limited to prescriptions issued under the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). The NHSBSA does not hold prescribed or dispensed dates for paper prescriptions, so these cannot be included in a daily breakdown. 88.1% of prescriptions issued over this time period for Chapter 23 items were EPS. Please note that ‘PRESCRIBER_CODE’ refers to the prescribing practice. ###BNF Code 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). ###Net Ingredient cost (NIC) The 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 VIIIA 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. ##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: “Data Warehouse, 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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘I would like to make an FoI request regarding the delays relating to Remedial Pension Savings Statements. (a) How many NHS staff, affected by the McCloud judgement, in total were due an RPSS statement? (b) How many of these NHS staff (see answer to (a)) were sent their RPSS statement by 31st January 2025 (c) Of those who were sent an RPSS statement by 31st January 2025 (see answer to (b) above) - how many had also been sent their 2023/24 Annual Allowance Statement. Additional questions on the same matter:- (d) How many times has the published final delivery date for RPSS statements to be sent by – moved and from what dates to what dates? (e) How many NHS staff at 1st February 2025 were still awaiting both their RPSS statement and 2023/24 Annual Allowance statement (f) When is the estimated latest date for the RPSS statements to be delivered? (g) Do you have enough resource to meet the latest deadline in (f)?’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 29 January 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested. Please read the notes below to ensure correct understanding of the data. ##Question (a) - How many NHS staff, affected by the McCloud judgement, in total were due an RPSS statement? 137,665 members affected by the Public Service Pensions Remedy (McCloud), had their pensionable service between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022 moved from the 2015 Scheme to the 1995/2008 Scheme and need a Remedial Pension Savings Statement (RPSS). ##Question (b) - How many of these NHS staff (see answer to (a)) were sent their RPSS statement by 31st January 2025? 56,773 members have had an RPSS sent to them by 31 January 2025. ##Question (c) - Of those who were sent an RPSS statement by 31st January 2025 (see answer to (b) above) - how many had also been sent their 2023/24 Annual Allowance Statement? We have considered this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and are issuing a refusal notice under section 17 of the FOIA. The NHSBSA does hold the requested information; however, we estimate that the cost of compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit under section 12 of the FOIA. We estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the non-central Government limit of £450. The limit has been specified in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the NHSBSA holds the information, and locating, retrieving, extracting and checking the information. 3,906 of the 56,773 members identified in Question (b) have a 2023/24 Annual Allowance record on file. However, we would need to manually interrogate each file to determine if a statement has been sent and check which year the statement relates to. We estimate it would take 2 minutes per record checked. Please see the following calculations which sets out the estimated cost for compliance with this request: 3,906 x 2 minutes = 7,812 minutes (130.2 hours) ##Question (d) - How many times has the published final delivery date for RPSS statements to be sent by – moved and from what dates to what dates? The below dates show the version history for https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/public-service-pensions-remedy-mccloud/understanding-effect-rollback-annual-allowance, and the text which was updated confirming the estimated final delivery dates. 31 October 2023 We’ll be sending the majority of active or deferred remedy members their remediable pension savings statement from April 2024 onwards. 6 March 2024 We’ll be sending the majority of active or deferred remedy members their remediable pension savings statement from October 2024 onwards. 7 March 2024 We will send the majority of active or deferred remedy members their remediable pension savings statement by October 2024. 11 September 2024 Every Public Service Pension Scheme is working through significant complexity to put in place the Public Service Pensions Remedy for all affected members. As the largest Scheme, the NHS Pension Scheme has made substantial progress towards implementing the remedy so affected members can make their choice with confidence. However, the challenges facing all Schemes mean we need to update the timings for when this choice will be available, and when members can expect to receive their choice communications. We recognise that this means members are waiting longer than planned, and apologise for the delay. 02 October 2024 We have started sending out RPSS letters from October 2024 to members who need them. 06 December 2024 For any other members who need an RPSS but haven’t received one yet, we expect to have sent the majority by the end of February 2025, though there are a small number of members who will need manual calculations, which may take longer. ##Question (e) - How many NHS staff at 1st February 2025 were still awaiting both their RPSS statement and 2023/24 Annual Allowance statement 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. Until 2023/24 Annual Allowance Statements are calculated, for all NHS Pensions members, we are unable to identify this figure. ##Question (f) - When is the estimated latest date for the RPSS statements to be delivered? We have considered this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000) and are issuing a refusal notice under section 17 of the FOIA. The NHSBSA does hold the requested information; however, we consider that this information is exempt from disclosure under section 21 of FOIA. This provides an exemption from the duty to disclose information where this is reasonably accessible to an applicant by other means. This information is already available in the public domain and can be accessed at: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/public-service-pensions-remedy-mccloud/understanding-effect-rollback-annual-allowance Please see ‘Your Remediable Pension Savings Statement (RPSS)’ and the drop down ‘If you have not received an RPSS yet’ for the latest timescales: Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 ##Question (g) - Do you have enough resource to meet the latest deadline in (f)? We are unable to answer this question as this does not fall under the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as it is a general query rather than a request for recorded information held by the NHSBSA. As the largest of all the Public Sector Pension Schemes, the complexity and scale of the challenge has meant it's taking us longer than we planned to get an RPSS to everyone who needs one. We're working hard to deliver them as soon as possible and are increasing service delivery capacity within the NHS Pensions team with measures such as overtime, recruiting additional staff, and upskilling and redeploying current staff. ##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. ##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.
##Request I would like to make an FOI request for information relating to the following contract award: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a7bb9568-99e4-46cf-b936-a9f2ecb017fd Procurement ID Notice: a7bb9568-99e4-46cf-b936-a9f2ecb017fd_award Please can you provide a breakdown of the items included in this contract? In terms of the deliverable, could you provide this information in a CSV/Excel file answering the following categories per column: 1. Product Name 2. Supplier Name 3. Product Brand 4. EAN number 5. SKU number (where applicable) 6. Manufacturer name 7. Part Number 8. Requested Quantity 9. Unit of Measure 10. Reference Price (ex-VAT) If any of this request is outside the scope of the FOIA, please answer what you can and advise and assist on the best way to uncover the remainder of the information. ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested, and a copy of the information is attached. Please can you provide a breakdown of the items included in this contract? There is a vast array of products available within the contract for Office Supplies. The products available are in a catalogue from the supplier Banner Group Limited. The contract was procured under the CCS RM6299 Office Solutions framework. The full breakdown of items under the framework can be found through contacting Crown Commercial Services via their website: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6299 Attached is a list of most commonly purchased products from the framework and subsequent call off contract and the estimated annual volumes. Question 1 – Product Name Please see attached spreadsheet Question 2 – Supplier Name Banner Group Limited Question 3 - Product Brand There are several potential brands for a number of different products Question 4 – EAN number 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. You can contact CCS for the rates through their email address info@crowncommercial.gov.uk. It will be at the discretion of CCS to release the framework rates as CCS state the rates are commercially sensitive and are sent password protected. Question 5- SKU number (where applicable) 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. You can contact CCS for the rates through their email address info@crowncommercial.gov.uk. It will be at the discretion of CCS to release the framework rates as CCS state the rates are commercially sensitive and are sent password protected. Question 6 – SKU number 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. You can contact CCS for the rates through their email address info@crowncommercial.gov.uk. It will be at the discretion of CCS to release the framework rates as CCS state the rates are commercially sensitive and are sent password protected. Question 7 – Part Number 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. You can contact CCS for the rates through their email address info@crowncommercial.gov.uk. It will be at the discretion of CCS to release the framework rates as CCS state the rates are commercially sensitive and are sent password protected. Question 8 – Requested Quantity Please see attached spreadsheet Question 9 – Unit of Measure Please see attached spreadsheet Question 10 - Reference Price (ex-VAT) We have considered this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and we are issuing a refusal notice under section 17 of the FOIA. The NHSBSA does hold the requested information, but this information is exempt under section 43(2) of the FOIA as releasing the information would adversely affect the commercial interests of the NHSBSA and/or Crown Commercial Services as well as the Banner Group. Section 43(2) is a prejudice based, qualified exemption and is subject to the public interest test. This means that for the information to be withheld, the public interest in maintaining the exemption must outweigh the exemption in disclosure. Public Interest Test: Considerations in favour of disclosure: • The inherent public interest in the openness and transparency of public authority dealings. • The public interest that officials are spending money wisely and getting the best value for money. Considerations against disclosure: • Disclosing information which allows the current suppliers unit price to be calculated may reduce the competitive nature and innovation in pricing when services are put out to retender as it could identify the price that the NHSBSA is willing to pay for services. This may cause future more economically efficient providers to raise their prices in line with that previously paid by the NHSBSA. This would be likely to prejudice the NHSBSA’s ability to obtain best quality of service and value for money when retendering. It is considered that paying more for services would not be in the public interest. • Disclosing the requested information could weaken the NHSBSA’s future position as potential suppliers would not have the confidence that the NHSBSA would keep sensitive financial information private and may discourage future suppliers from bidding; this would not be in the public interest. • The NHSBSA believe that disclosing the requested information may decrease the effectiveness of any future competitive tender as it may prejudice the NHSBSA’s ability to obtain best quality of service and value. • Disclosure of unit cost could prejudice other public authorities' ability to access the same services Conclusion: The NHSBSA recognises that there is a public interest in the disclosure of information which facilitates openness, transparency, and accountability in public authority dealings; however, there is an inherent public interest in the NHSBSA being able to work in competitive markets, whereby the financial and reputational benefit is put to the wider public interest. Having undertaken the balancing exercise, the NHSBSA concludes that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Please see the following link to view the section 43(2) exemption in full - Freedom of Information Act 2000 (legislation.gov.uk) 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-02562 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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.
##Request Please provide results to these questions for both (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2024. If you can’t provide results for all of 2024 then please just provide me with the data for 2024 you can release but state how much of 2024 is covered by the release. In relation to the following two drugs, (a) Semaglutide and (b) Tirzepatide, please state: 1. What were the total number of prescriptions that were issued for each drug, and how many of these were private prescriptions. 2. In relation to these prescriptions how many patients did this represent and if possible state how many were NHS patients, how many were private patients and how many were a mixture of the two. 3. For each year and each drug provide a separate table showing the number of patients prescribed the drug divided by men and women and also ten year age bands, so 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39 etc. For the avoidance to doubt Q.1, Q.2 and Q.3 should be answered separately for each year and separately for each of the two drugs. NOTE: Please could you provide the response as an attachment to the e-mail rather than in the body of the e-mail as the way it can get formatted on WhatDoTheyKnow can make a table of figures very difficult to interpret. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 17 January 2025. We clarified this request on 21 January 2025 with the below: Therefore, I would be grateful if you would help us with the following: Please can you confirm whether you would like us to: aggregate the data by Semaglutide and Tirzepatide as chemical substances, would you like this to be broken down by Product (for example Ozempic/ Wegovy) or by the individual presentations available - (for example, Wegovy Flex Touch 0.5mg/0.37 ml inj 1.5ml pre-filled pens)? Would you like us to include: • prescriptions prescribed in England and dispensed anywhere in the UK? • prescribed in the UK and dispensed in England? or • prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in England only? Please also note that we hold no data on private prescribing for these chemical substances, either for items or patient counts. We hold data for private prescribing relating to Controlled Drug substances under Schedules 2 and 3 only - there are no Semaglutide or Tirzepatide presentations that meet that criteria. You responded with the following on 21 January 2025: Could you just provide me with the information broken down by the product name but NOT by the presentation, and could the data also be for prescriptions prescribed in England and dispensed anywhere in the UK. ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA hold 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. We do not capture the clinical reason why a drug has been prescribed. This means we cannot attribute this data to a specific condition. NHS Business Services Authority NHS Prescription Services process prescriptions for pharmacy contractors, appliance contractors, dispensing doctors, pharmacy contractors, appliance contractors, dispensing doctors and personal administration, 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 dispensing doctors and personal administration). This involves processing over one 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 (DHSC) 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: The data is for the calendar years 2022 and 2023, and up 2024 (11 months). The latest data held is up to November 2024. Tirzepatide prescribing 2022: There were zero items recorded for Tirzepatide prescribing in 2022. Organisation data: The data is for items prescribed in England, regardless of where dispensed, in the community. Data: This dataset is limited to the prescribing of products within the British National Formulary (BNF) chemical substances of Semaglutide (BNF 0601023AW) and Tirzepatide (BNF 0601023AZ). It shows the number of items and unique identified patients at BNF chemical substance level and additionally at BNF product level, split by age band and gender. BNF code: 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 eight 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. Most of these items are dressings and appliances which NHS Prescription Services has classified into four pseudo BNF chapters (20 to 23). Items: This shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. Patient information: This is where patient identifiable figures have been reported they are based on the information captured during the prescription processing activities. Please note, patient details cannot be captured from every prescription form and based on the criteria used for this analysis, patient information (NHS number) was only available for 99.04% of prescription items. The patient count figures are based on a distinct count of NHS number as captured from the prescription image. Patient ages are based on the age as captured from the prescription image and relates to the patient's age at the time of prescribing. The results are for all patients aged between 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90-99, 100-109 years of age, and for those patients where the age is unknown. The figures for the number of identifiable patients should not be combined and reported at any other level than provided as this may result in the double-counting of patients. For example, a single patient could appear in the results for multiple calendar years and age bands. Gender: Patient gender has been reported using the latest patient gender information held by our Information Services data warehouse at the time that the data was extracted. This uses information from either the most recent Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) message or from the last time that we received data about the patient's gender from NHS Personal Demographics Service. Private Prescribing: Please note that we do not hold data on private prescribing for these chemical substances, either for items or patient counts. We hold data for private prescribing relating to controlled drug substances under Schedules 2 and 3 only - there are no Semaglutide or Tirzepatide presentations that meet this criteria. 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-02521 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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 email 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 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.
##Request ‘With regards to FOI-02447, please see the following: I note you have stated that you cannot provide the figure for Tribunal cases which are on going before HMCTS but could you please provide the figure for the ad hoc legal advice you have referred to?’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 16 January 2025. 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. In our response to FOI-02447 we couldn’t specify how many Tribunal cases were part of the £50,608 cost between 1 November 2021 and 1 December 2024. This was because it related to Tribunals which were ongoing with HM Courts and Tribunal Services as well as advice provided in relation to Tribunals on an ad hoc basis. You can view our response to FOI-02447 using the following link: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02447 The invoices we receive are not broken down. We therefore cannot provide the figure for the ad hoc legal advice provided in relation to Tribunals because it is not held. 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-02534 Your personal details will be removed from the published response.
##Request You asked us: Please can I request an update to [FOI-02527](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02527), for the same query but to reflect the next data month available - that is, December 2024 (Year_Month 202412)? I understand that this data should now be available. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 17 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our 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. ###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. ###Data Source The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse. ###Time Period December 2024 ###Organisation Data The data provided is for prescriptions prescribed in England. ###Drugs Drug group A is limited to drugs with chemical substances under the following BNF prefixes 0601023AB*, 0601023AI*, 0601023AQ*, 0601023AS*, 0601023AW*, 0601023AZ*, 0601023Y0* Drug group B is limited to drugs with chemical substances under the following BNF prefixes 0601011*, 0601012*, 0601021*, 0601022*, 0601040*, 0601023B*, 0601023I*, 0601023R*, 0601023S*, 0601023U*, 0601023V*, 0601023W*, 0601023X*, 0601023Z*, 0601023A0*, 0601023AA*, 0601023AC*, 0601023AD*, 0601023AE*, 0601023AF*, 0601023AG*, 0601023AH*, 0601023AJ*, 0601023AK*, 0601023AL*, 0601023AM*, 0601023AN*, 0601023AP*, 0601023AR*, 0601023AU*, 0601023AV*, 0601023AX*, 0601023AY* ###Identified Patients Prescriptions are only included if an NHS Number has been captured during NHSBSA processing. Please note, patient details cannot be captured from every prescription form. Of all relevant items prescribed in the time period, 96.25% can be attributed to an NHS number. ###Patients Data is limited to prescriptions from patients with prescribing from Drug Group A, with no prescribing from Drug Group B, in the same month and ICB. This is consistent across both organisational data outputs. ###BNF Code 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 The total quantity for a presentation i.e. each specific reimbursed quantity of a drug or appliance multiplied by the number of items, accumulated. ###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. NIC is given in Pounds Sterling. ##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: “Data Warehouse, 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.
#Request _Please could you provide updated data and or a new request relating to previous foi FOI-01887 which was asking for a count of unique female patients prescribed a transdermal testosterone. If you're able to either provide an update to the data - April 24 to most recent data held or if you run as a new query please run from jan 2020 to date. England prescribing submitted for reimbursement etc._ ##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. __Number of unique identified female patients prescribed a transdermal presentation of the chemical substance Testosterone (BNF 0604020K0) in England.__ 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 January 2020 to March 2022, and April 2024 to November 2024 (most recent month of data currently available). Data from April 2022 to March 2024 is not included, as this data was previously supplied in FOI-01887 (https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01887). __Organisation Data:__ The data is for prescriptions prescribed in England and dispensed in the community. __Data:__ This dataset is limited to the prescribing of transdermal presentations of the chemical substance Testosterone (BNF 0604020K0). __BNF Code:__ 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). __Patient Identification:__ Where patient identifiable figures have been reported they are based on the information captured during the prescription processing activities. Please note, patient details cannot be captured from every prescription form and based on the criteria used for this analysis, patient information was captured for 98.91% of prescription items. The patient count figures are based on a distinct count of NHS number as captured from the prescription image. The figures for the number of identifiable patients should not be combined and reported at any other level than provided as this may result in the double counting of patients. For example, a single patient could appear in the results for multiple time periods. __Gender:__ Patient gender has been reported using the latest patient gender information held by the NHSBSA Information Services data warehouse at the time that the data was extracted. This uses information from either the most recent Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) message or from the last time that NHSBSA received data about the patient's gender from NHS Personal Demographics Service. __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: “ePACT2, 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.
##Request ‘Under the freedom of information act, I would be grateful if you could share the following information with me: - The number of claims submitted to the VDPS every year, up to the end of 2024, since the year 2000.’ ##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. The data is based on the date the claim was received. The NHSBSA took over the administration of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. The data is for all eligible vaccines under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme. More information on the eligibility criteria can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/vaccine-damage-payment/eligibility 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-02537 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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.
#Request _‘(2) the summary of MHRA's regulatory position on all Covid-19 vaccines and HLH, February 2024, and the review of 8 August (if different in any respect), referred to in paragraph 46 of the reassessment report; and’_ #Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. Attached is a copy of the summary of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) regulatory position for haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) reported following COVID-19 vaccines which MHRA provided the NHSBSA in February 2024. A review of the regulatory position was carried out by MHRA on 8 August 2024 where they confirmed there was no changes to their regulatory position. This review is also contained in the attached document. Each claim is assessed on a case-by-basis by a medical assessor. All medical assessors are General Medical Council (GMC) registered doctors with a license to practise and at least 5 years' experience. The medical assessors will consider clinical research, epidemiological evidence, and the current consensus of expert medical opinion together with a claimant’s application and their medical records from their healthcare providers to make a clinical assessment on whether the claim meets the criteria for a Vaccine Damage Payment. Medical assessors use resources to support their assessment, including, but not limited to, some or all of the following: * Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme - Principles of Medical Assessment Guidance (PDF: 418KB). * Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) data, including Yellow Card information on suspected safety concerns involving a healthcare product. * Vaccine product information and updates. * The Green Book - a reference material produced by the UK Health Security Agency and used by healthcare professionals in the UK. The Green Book brings together all documents relating to immunisation against infectious diseases. Visit Immunisation against infectious disease: the green book front cover and contents page - GOV.UK for more details. * Detailed guidance on disablement assessments relating to Schedule 2 of The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982 (legislation.gov.uk), which have been developed by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). * World Health Organization (WHO) documents. * Established and accepted medical epidemiological research papers. * Past tribunal decisions and case law. These resources are available at: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/vaccine-damage-payment-scheme-vdps-claim-process The medical assessor will advise if the applicant is entitled to a Vaccine Damage Payment, based on the government’s rules for the scheme. #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: https://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.
COVID-19 VACCINES & HLH - MHRA REGULATION POSITION FOR VDPS AUG 2024
##Request 1. How many people have submitted a vaccine damage claim for type 1 diabetes? 2. What has been the average time to make a decision? 3. How many people in the country have type 1 diabetes on a timeline from before and after the pandemic? Date Range: 01/02/2020 – 22/01/2025 ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested. All data as of 31 December 2024. All data relates to claims received by the NHSBSA and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. All figures provided for questions 1 and 2 relate to type 1 diabetes claims. Question 1 Claimants can tell us what condition their claim relates to on their claim form. However, the independent medical assessor may identify different or additional conditions when they review the vaccinated person's medical records. This means the condition recorded against a claim can be different to the condition initially described on the claim form. Independent medical assessors write a report explaining how they reached their decision. We've used their reports to identify how many contain the search term ‘type 1 diabetes’. 35 medical assessment reports contain the search term ‘type 1 diabetes’. Question 2 The average number of days it took from receipt of a claim from a claimant to communicating an outcome was 223. As part of the process of the scheme, we need a full set of medical records for each claimant, and it can take time for the claimant’s healthcare providers to gather and securely supply copies of these records. Once sent for assessment, the time it takes for the independent medical assessor to review a claim can vary from case to case depending on the individual circumstances of each claim. Question 3 I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA. Advice and Assistance Having reviewed Question 3 of 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 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/ 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-[02535] Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence: https://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.
#Request _I therefore request evidence to support that all HR Business improvement advisors have all of the following qualifications as of October 2023 - to current date:_ _The HRSS role includes CIPD, Managing Successful Programmes Qualification, Lean Level 2 qualification in addition to the Six Sigma Green Belt qualification._ ##Response I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds the information you have requested. However, we consider the qualifications of NHSBSA employees to be personal data under section 3(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018. Personal data is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the FOIA if disclosure would contravene any of the data protection principles. In order for disclosure to comply with the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency principle, we either need the consent of the data subject(s) or there must be a legitimate interest in disclosure. In addition, the disclosure must be necessary to meet the legitimate interest and finally, the disclosure must not cause unwarranted harm. As we do not have the consent of the data subject(s), the NHSBSA is therefore required to conduct a balancing exercise between legitimate interest of the applicant in disclosure against the rights and freedoms of the data subject(s). The NHSBSA acknowledges that you have a legitimate interest in disclosure of the information in order to provide the full picture of the requested data held by the NHSBSA; however, we have concluded that disclosure of the requested information would cause unwarranted harm and therefore, section 40(2) is engaged. This is because there is a reasonable expectation that employee personal data processed by the NHSBSA remains confidential. Please see the following link to view the section 40 exemption in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40
#Request _I am writing to request the following information from NHSBSA under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as at the latest available reference date, which we expect to be stated in the response. Our expectation is that all parts of this reply would reflect NHSBSA records as of the latest available reference date, recognising that Q2 and Q3 will necessarily exclude members who commenced posts on or after 01 April 2022 and 2023 respectively, as they can’t be missing updates if they didn’t work in the relevant year._ _1. We would like to know the total number of active practitioner members; please provide:_ _a) The number of unique General Practitioner active members, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _b) The number of unique General Dental Practitioner active members, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _2. We would like to know about active member practitioners with missing years of pensions data, where missing refers to any missing updates due up to and including 31 March 2022. Please provide:_ _a) The number of unique General Practitioner active members with missing practitioner years of pensions data, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above_ _b) The proportion of General Practitioner active members with missing practitioner years of pensions data, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _c) The cumulative number of missing years for GPs in question 2A, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above_ _d) The number of unique General Dental Practitioner active members with missing practitioner years of pensions data, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _e) The proportion of General Dental Practitioner active members with missing practitioner years of pensions data, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _f) The cumulative number of missing years for GDPs in question 2D, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _3. We would like to know about active member practitioners with missing years of pensions data, where missing refers to any missing updates due up to and including 31 March 2023. Please provide:_ _a) The number of unique General Practitioner active members with missing practitioner years of pensions data, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above_ _b) The proportion of General Practitioner active members with missing practitioner years of pensions data, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _c) The cumulative number of missing years for GPs in question 3A, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above_ _d) The number of unique General Dental Practitioner active members with missing practitioner years of pensions data, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _e) The proportion of General Dental Practitioner active members with missing practitioner years of pensions data, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above._ _f) The cumulative number of missing years for GDPs in question 3D, total and broken down by the age brackets of 20-53 years and 54 years and above_ _4. We would like to know the total number of practitioner active members in the scheme, with and without active Pensions Online (POL) records, further broken down by being a General Practitioner or General Dental Practitioner._ ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached. __Caveats__ Only practitioners in posts that started before 1 April 2022 or 1 April 2023 and are active as of 27 January 2025 have been included. Posts which commenced during the current financial year would not be due an update for the years in question, and are excluded from the data, despite being active practitioners Only practitioner posts have been assessed for this request. Members may have concurrent officer service which may or may not have been updated and has not been considered or included in the provided answer. Practitioner members are categorized into General Practitioners and General Dental Practitioners based on their employment types. For members with two open employments, one as a General Practitioner and the other as a General Dental Practitioner, they are considered separately for each employment type. The age is calculated as of 27 January 2025 and is accordingly categorized into the appropriate age bracket. A post not being fully updated may indicate that the information has not been submitted by the employer, or it could mean that the submission was unable to be processed onto the member record due to validation issues. Members with both updated and non-updated posts are counted as non-updated in each year. An employment record must be updated in sequential order – if one year of data is missing, all future years will also be missing. Members flagged as non-updated have been included in the calculation of missing years of updates. The figures represent the total sum of all missing updates (for all the members) for the year end and the age bracket under consideration. For question 4, a member is classified as being on Pensions Online (POL) if they have at least one practitioner employer that uses POL. Otherwise, they are grouped as 'non-POL'. Only practitioners who were active as of 27 January 2025 AND were contributing to the pension scheme in the respective year, have been assessed. Practitioners who contributed in the respective years, but have since claimed their pension or become deferred are not assessed in any way, though would technically be considered updated. __Definitions:__ Active Member – Member had an ongoing employment. Practitioner – An employment marked as having an employment type 5 (Principal Practitioner), 6 (Assistant Practitioner) or 9 (GP Locum/ Locum Practitioner). A General Dental Practitioner (GDP) has the same employment type as a GP but has a capacity code of 08. __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: “NHS Pensions, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” 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.
##Request You asked us: I would like to request the following information regarding your pre-employment checks: 1. The time it takes to complete all pre-employment checks from the time a job offer was made. If possible, I would appreciate it if this could be based on an average from April 2024 to the present. 2. A detailed list of what constitutes your pre-employment checks. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 12 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested ###Question 1 From April 2024 to February 2025, the average time it took for NHSBSA to complete all pre-employment checks following a job offer was 39 calendar days. ###Question 2 Pre-employment checks required will vary depending on the job role and individual scenario/circumstances of the candidate. But pre-employment checks can constitute of the following: • Right to Work (RTW) check • Identity (ID) Check – For NHS Employer standards: Two forms of photographic personal identification and one document confirming current residing address or one form of photographic personal identification and two documents current residing address • Criminal Records Check – Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check at varying levels Basic, Standard and Enhanced (Enhanced including adult’s and children’s barred list as appropriate). If a DBS is required, ID documents will also be gathered in line with DBS guidance. • Criminal Records Check – Self Declaration in the form of model a or model b form • Criminal Records Check – Overseas police check • Work Health Assessment – Occupational Health Check • Professional Registration • Qualifications • Employment History and Reference Checks – To cover all employment and any gaps over a period of three consecutive years for new appointments. There are some variations depending on the individual scenario. Further guidance on NHS Employers checking standards can be found via the following link should this assist with the information requested: https://www.nhsemployers.org/recruitment/employment-standards-and-regulation ##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: “Data Warehouse, 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.
#Request Please see the attached requested questions. _I would be grateful if you could provide this information in the above formats within an excel spreadsheet. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the cost and time involved, please provide advice and assistance, as to how I can refine my request._ ##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. We have interpreted “NHS spending on medical treatment abroad for GHIC and EHIC cardholders” as instances where the NHSBSA has processed claims to other countries via UK GHIC/UK EHIC entitlements that have been approved for payment. We have converted currencies to GB Pound, using the value on the date the individual treatment claim was approved for payment. People who are entitled to NHS are treated equally, whether this is in the UK or abroad. __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.
#Request I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the number of employees within your organisation based in the Northeast Region of England broken down by job title. Specifically, I would like to request a comprehensive list of all job titles held by employees within NHS BSA [Northeast Region] as well as the corresponding number of employees assigned to each respective title. To be clear I’m not asking for employees names just the job title. This information will be used for research purposes and to better understand the staffing structure within your organisation. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 8 January 2025. We wrote to you on 30 January 2025 seeking clarification and you responded with the below on 14 February 2025: Could you please provide the information for the north east and the wider organisation UK wide as well if possible. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. #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. The information provided is related to the site base of NHSBSA employees. Please note that the majority of NHSBSA employees are hybrid workers and therefore may not live in the same area of the country as their site base. We filtered our standard data to: Org L3 – All Excluding 914 Graduate Trainees L3 Person Type = Employee; Employee and Applicant Employee Person Type = Employee Assignment Status = All Excluding Out on External Secondment – Unpaid; Terminate Process Assignment Effective Date = 5 March 2025 The figures provided are headcount for each position and not full-time equivalence. #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.
PCA contains information on all prescriptions items dispensed in the community in England on a monthly basis and submitted to the NHSBSA for reimbursement. This data mirrors the methodology used in the PCA Annual National Statistics publication. The latest statistical release, along with more information on what PCA contains, can be found on the [NHSBSA website](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescription-cost-analysis-england) and you can specifically read the [Prescription Cost Analysis Background Information and Methodology](https://nhsbsa-opendata.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/pca/pca_background_info_methodology_v001.html). The monthly PCA release is a monthly management information data set and is not an Official Statistic. Data for February 2008 to March 2021 is available on the [NHSBSA website](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/prescription-data/dispensing-data/prescription-cost-analysis-pca-data) in a legacy format. ## Notices **10 June 2024** **February 2024 data updated** Following the recent changes to the PCA data, to include information relating to pharmacy first, the February 2024 file has now been updated. Please note, this could potentially affect an API that has been set up previously depending on the method used. For any support, please contact [DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk](mailto:DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk).
Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data
The Prescriber Details dataset provides information on prescribers such as the prescriber code, prescriber name, prescriber type and details of the employing practices. This dataset is published each month. The information NHS Prescription Services hold on practices is supplied to us by SICBLs, ICBs, commissioning support units, hospital trusts, local authorities and independent sector healthcare providers, and provider organisations. GP practices may consist of a number of different types of prescribers, including GPs, nurse prescribers, pharmacist prescribers, optometrist supplementary prescribers, physiotherapist supplementary prescribers and podiatrist supplementary prescribers. NHS Prescription services only captures the initial and surname of prescribers. Some of the 'practices' listed in the information are not traditional practices. They are other services which the Primary Care Organisation has set up as a practice, such as specialist units or out of hours services. These units are often indicated as having one prescriber linked to the practice however there may be more. The data includes prescriber details for Isle of Man, Jersey , Guernsey and Alderney. We do not keep records of prescriber details from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the [Prescriber Details data dictionary (XLSX: 12KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/Prescriber%20Details%20Data%20Dictionary.xlsx) This data was previously published on the NHSBSA Information Services Portal. Changes have been made to the data since migration to the Open Data Portal and you can read about these changes in the [Prescriber Details migration changes documentation (ODT: 217KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/Prescriber%20Details%20Migration%20Changes.odt).
I am writing in connection with your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, which was received by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) on 4 March 2025. Request You asked us: May I request details about job vacancies, commencing from published dates 01 April 2017 to 28 02 2025 arranged in columns as shown Column 1 Vacancy ID Column 2 Vacancy Reference number Column 3 Organisation name Column 4 Org id Column 5 Job Title Column 6 Staff Group Column 7 Area of Work Column 8 Salary Column 9 Pay Band/Scale Column 10 Published date Column 11 Advert closed date Column 12 Job Type Column 13 Fixed term contract length Column 14 Post code Column 15 Region Specifically, we would seek information for the following job titles which include words pharmacist, pharmacy technician, pharmacy support staff, pharmacy assistant, pre-registration pharmacist, pre-registration pharmacy technician, foundation pharmacist or a combination or variation of any of the above words within the job title. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information. Search terms The data has been filtered on the following criteria: Job title: contains ‘Pharmacy’ or ‘Pharmacist’ Date Range: 08/01/2020 – 28/02/2025 Unfortunately, we are only able to provide data from 08/01/2020 as that is as far back as our records go. 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 ICBs (including the ones provided in the data) can be found at the below web link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/ 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-02634 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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: “NHS Jobs, 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.
#Request Received 17 February 2025: _‘may I have details of your independent doctor so I can check them out.’_ Received 25 February 2025: _‘Please could you arrange for me to receive the Freedom of Information Act so that I can check the qualifications of your independent doctors.’_ #Our response I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds some of the information you have requested. #Question 1 I can confirm that we do hold information on the names and General Medical Council numbers for independent medical assessors. Please note that this response does not relate to a specific claim or claimant. The request is being answered more generally given requests under FOIA are requester-blind, that is to say the identity of the requester is not taken into account when considering a request for information under FOIA. We consider the name and GMC number to be personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018. Disclosure of medical assessors’ names or GMC numbers would result in the identification of the medical assessors when entered into the GMC public register. Please be aware that I have decided not to release the names and GMC numbers of the medical assessors as this information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3(A)(a) of the FOIA. As the requested information would allow a medical assessor to be identified, I consider this information is exempt. This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: A. it is not fair to disclose medical assessors’ 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 medical assessor. The requested information is exempt if disclosure would contravene any of the data protection principles. For disclosure to comply with the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency principle, we either need the consent of the data subject(s) or there must be a legitimate interest in disclosure. In addition, the disclosure must be necessary to meet the legitimate interest and finally, the disclosure must not cause unwarranted harm. This means that the NHSBSA is therefore required to conduct a balancing exercise between the legitimate interest of the applicant in disclosure against the rights and freedoms of the medical assessor. While I acknowledge that you have a legitimate interest in disclosure of the information, the disclosure of the requested information would cause unwarranted harm. Disclosure under FOIA is to the world and therefore the NHSBSA has to consider the overall impact of the disclosure and its duty of care. The expectation of the medical assessors is that they will remain anonymous and will therefore not be subject to contact or pressure from claimants or campaigning groups. Given the certainty that the name and/or GMC number will identify the medical assessor there is a reasonable expectation that this information will not be disclosed under the FOIA. Disclosing this information would be unfair and as such this would breach the UK General Data Protection Regulation first data protection principle. Please see the following link to view the section 40 exemption in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40 #Question 2 I have established that the NHSBSA does not hold this information. This is because the medical qualifications and experience of the medical assessors are the responsibility of the third-party medical assessment supplier. I hope, however, that the following information provides reassurance on this point. All claims are assessed by the independent medical assessment supplier with a consistent approach. Each case is considered on its own merits, by an experienced independent medical assessor. The contract with our supplier does not require them to tell us details of the qualifications of the medical assessors or their experience. The contract requires that all assessments carried out are undertaken by suitably qualified and experienced registered medical practitioners. This includes being registered on the UK General Medical Council register, with a licence to practise and meet or exceed the following requirements: • they are a registered medical practitioner with at least five years’ post graduate experience; and • they have experience of the performance of medical and/ or disability assessment, addressing questions of causation and impact in the context of legislative or policy requirements to assist the decision maker #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 to publish 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: https://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.
This dataset contains transaction and usage data on the Open Data Portal. We are sharing this dataset so that everyone can see what data is being viewed, downloaded and used across the whole website. It is important to us to be transparent and also to allow users to see what datasets others are accessing. We receive daily log files from our platform provider [Datopian](https://www.datopian.com/) which contain every interaction with data on the portal. We load these log files in our data warehouse at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) then use a tool called [Alteryx](https://www.alteryx.com/) to extract, model and output the monthly usage files published here. We will publish this data on a monthly basis. Each month's data has associated data dictionary to help you to understand the fields we publish.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘Each year, we produce a report providing an overview of the UK benefit system, including estimates of the number of people missing out on benefits administered by both central and local government. The NHS Healthy Start uptake data has been a key source in our analysis, as data on eligibility is generally limited. To calculate the percentage uptake of the Healthy Start Scheme, I would like to request access to the number of people enrolled in the digital scheme and the total number of eligible beneficiaries for each local authority in England and Wales, covering the period from March 2024 to January 2025. This data will help us correct our previous estimations and ensure the new version of our report provides the most accurate and up-to-date assessment of benefit uptake. I understand that a previous data issue affecting eligibility estimates has been rectified since March 2024. If this is incorrect, please provide data for the most recent months available. Thank you for your time. Please let me know if further clarification is required.’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 21 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response ##Digital Scheme 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://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/healthcare-professionals/ Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 ##Eligible Beneficiaries An issue has been identified with the source data that is used to calculate uptake of the NHS Healthy Start scheme since January 2023. We have therefore removed the columns for the number of people eligible for the scheme and the uptake percentage from January 2023 onwards while we investigate this further with the data provider. We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause and endeavour to provide an update as soon as we can. You can find out more about Healthy Start uptake data by visiting the UK Parliament website (opens in a new tab). The issue has only affected the data on the number of people eligible for the scheme. It has not prevented anyone from joining the scheme or continuing to access the scheme if they were eligible. ##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. ##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.
#Request What is the gross UDA value paid to the practice 'Reid Family Dental Practice' , 11 Salter's Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1DH The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 21 February 2025. We requested clarification on the 7 March 2025: I am writing to ask you to clarify your request. This is because we need further details from you in order to identify and locate the information. Therefore I would be grateful if you would confirm what time period you would like this data for? We received your response on 12 March 2025 with the following: I would like to have clarity on the time periods of financial year 2024-2025 and what the current rate is. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. #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. #Guidance Notes This report contains the details from FP17s processed for the period stated 2024/2025 in contract 6611550001. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below: #Contract Number This is a unique 10-character number which identifies a contract. #Commissioner Code This is the 3-character code associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs) #Commissioner Name This is the name associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This is a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs) #Financial Year The financial year associated with the 'Year Month' dimension in the format 'YYYY/YYYY' e.g. 2018/2019 for 201804. #UDA Performance Target The contracted units of dental activity (UDA) to be achieved for the year, as entered on Compass (the contract management and payment system for dental contracts) by the PCO. #UDA Financial Value The financial value associated with the UDA performance target for the financial year, as entered on Compass by the PCO. #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.
The PCA release is an Official Statistic with National Statistic designation. The lowest granularity of data in the publication for both financial and calendar year is added here. PCA contains information on all prescription items dispensed in England and submitted to the NHSBSA for reimbursement. The full statistical release, including more information on what the statistics contain, can be found on [our website](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescription-cost-analysis) and you can specifically read the [Prescription Cost Analysis Background Information and Methodology](https://nhsbsa-opendata.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/pca/pca_background_info_methodology_v001.html) to understand more about the data. ## Notices **12 July 2023** It was identified that data had been assigned to the incorrect SNOMED code in the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Annual Statistics data release for Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) - Financial Year 2022/23. This is due to products being assigned the pack level SNOMED code in March instead of the product level SNOMED code. This issue has now been fixed and the correct data for Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) - Financial Year 2022/23 is now available from this page
Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Annual Statistics
#Request _How many members have retired who had a sessional contract in place before 2004 where standard sessions are 11, but actual sessions are 10. This would reflect a 10/11 contract. Please include those who transferred onto the 2003 contract in subsequent years._ _Please use the period of 01/04/2022 to 31/03/2023 and also 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024._ _Of those members, how many had a full-time service awarded whilst on a 10/11 contract?_ _Of those members, how many had part-time service awarded whilst on a 10/11 contract?_ _Of those members where a contract of 10/11ths is present, how many have different service on their record to what was authorised at retirement._ ##Response The NHSBSA does hold the requested information; however, we estimate that the cost of compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit under section 12 of the FOIA. We estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the non-central Government limit of £450. The limit has been specified in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3244/contents/made and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the NHSBSA holds the information, and locating, retrieving, extracting and checking the information. Please see the following calculations which sets out the estimated cost for compliance with this request: 568 member records would need to be manually interrogated at 10-15 minutes per case, this would involve reviewing the historical documents, employment histories and award information held on the file to ascertain if it meets the criteria, this would total Approximately 5680 – 8520 minutes. Please see the following link to view the section 12 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/12
##Request 1. How many FP17s With Domiciliary Services were submitted for England and Wales from 2019-2024? - Please show count for each country - Please show count for each year 2. How many PDS dental contracts are held for Provision of domiciliary dental services in England and Wales from 2019-2024? - Please show count for each country and breakdown across ICB - Please show count for each year ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA hold 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. Guidance notes This report contains the details from General FP17s processed for the reporting years 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024 & 2024/2025 (202404-202501) in England & Wales, including Foundation Dentists. The information contained in the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Data based on year-end methodology: Year-end methodology will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April to June, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April and 31 March of the year. For example, 2018-19 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2018 to June 2019, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Where FP17s do not have a date of completion, e.g. where the patient has failed to return to complete the treatment, the date of acceptance is used. Reporting Year: The financial year which the activity/contracted services relate to. Country Name: This is the Country name where the contract is located. Total FP17s: This is a count of the number of FP17s scheduled including adjustments for amended and deleted FP17s. Withdrawn FP17s are not included in the total count of FP17s. This figure may be zero or negative if deleted FP17s have been processed. FP17s with Domiciliary Services: This is a count of the number of forms submitted which included domiciliary services. This is based on the Treatment Category as recorded in part 6 of the FP17. Domiciliary dental care is dental treatment that is provided in the patient’s home. Patients who have severe mobility problems that make it very difficult for them to leave their home for treatment would benefit from domiciliary dental care where a dentist visits their home and provides dental treatment. Domiciliary Services rate per 100 FP17s: FP17s with Domiciliary Services / Total FP17s*100. Financial Value: The financial value associated with the service line for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. Service Line Name: The service name/description as maintained by CoMPASS. Note: No Domiciliary Service Lines appeared for PDS contracts in Wales. 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. 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-02554 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘1 The number of Mounjaro prescriptions issued each month (please provide month by month) over the past 12 months in the districts of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Calderdale respectively. If available, please break down if the prescriptions were for diabetes treatment or weight loss 2 Has there been any recorded shortage of Mounjaro in any of the following areas: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale or Wakefield? 3 Has there been any changes in NHS prescribing policies regarding Mounjaro for non-diabetic patients in the past 12 months? 4 Please provide the number of Mounjaro prescriptions issues each month over the past 12 months across England 5 If available, could you provide the data on the prescription rate per 100,000 people at the national level and for West Yorkshire (or Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Calderdale individually)? If my request is too broad or will exceed time limits I can refine my questions.’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 7 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response ##Question 1 & 4 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. We do not hold data by ‘district name’. The current NHS structure allows us to publish the data by Integrated Care Board (ICB). This data is available by the link below, where you can filter by chemical substance ('tirzepatide') or on the BNF Presentation Name ('Mounjaro'): https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/prescription-cost-analysis-pca-monthly-data Alternatively, if you would like the data Primary Care Organisation (PCO) level, this can be found at the below link: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-prescribing-data-epd We also do not hold the reason for which a prescription was administered. ##Questions 2 & 3 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. It is possible that NHS England may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at: 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/ ##Question 5 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. Our data is not held in a format in which we are able to answer this question.
##Request What department pays for childrens eye tests and glasses vouchers? Can you share the details ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. The department responsible for making payments for children’s eye tests and glasses vouchers is Primary Care Support England. https://pcse.england.nhs.uk/ 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-02561 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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.
This dataset contains information on prescriptions issued in England that have been dispensed in England, Wales, Scotland, Guernsey, Alderney, Jersey, and the Isle of Man. The dataset combines elements of the [Detailed Prescribing Information (DPI)](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/prescription-data/prescribing-data/detailed-prescribing-information) data previously released by NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) via the Information Services Portal, and the [Practice Level Prescribing in England (PLP)](https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/practice-level-prescribing-data) data released by NHS Digital via their website. It is intended to replace both of those sources. These datasets have been brought together to provide end users with a single comprehensive, consistent and accessible source of prescribing information. Find out more about this data in the guidance document: [English Prescribing Dataset guidance document (ODT): 233KB](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Prescribing%20Dataset%20Release%20Guidance%20v003.odt) [English Prescribing Dataset guidance document (PDF):238KB](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Prescribing%20Dataset%20Release%20Guidance%20v003.pdf) ## Notices **28 May 2024:** We've updated our prescription data reports to reflect the recent changes to the discount deduction applied to pharmacy contractors monthly total of reimbursement prices, listed in the Drug Tariff Part V. For data from April 2024 (published in June) any financial report referencing actual cost includes discounts calculated according to the new methodology. You can find more details in this article: [Changes to Actual Cost reporting calculation (Pharmacy only)](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/news/changes-to-actual-cost-reporting-calculation-pharmacy-only)
##Dataset Description The English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity dataset provides information about the orthodontic dental activity carried out by dentists on behalf of the NHS in England. Published monthly, the data is released at individual dental contract level and only relate to contracts that provide orthodontic NHS Dental Services. This dataset allows you to look at the activity provided for each financial year, monthly at national, commissioner and contract level. You can compare the orthodontic activity delivered to that commissioned in the contract data. This will give you an idea of how areas of contracts are performing. The dataset will not give the whole picture of NHS dentistry in England as it is possible for other dental services to commissioned locally. You can read more about this dataset and how to use it in the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Activity guidance documentation (ODT: 234KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20General%20Dental%20and%20Orthodontic%20Activity%20Guidance.odt). You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the [English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity Data Dictionary (XLSX: 10KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20Orthodontic%20Activity%20Data%20Dictionary.xlsx) We also publish the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity dataset](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity). ##Overview of Service Information about our NHSBSA Dental Data service can be found [here on the NHSBSA Dental Data webpage.](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/dental-data) ##Data Source NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse ##Data Collection The dataset is derived from FP17 forms which are submitted by dentists via the Compass system ##Time Periods This dataset is published three months behind the current month. Example: March 2024 data will be published in June 2024. ##Geography This data is for England only. ##Caveats - ##Citation NHS Business Services Authority. "English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity" NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-orthodontic-activity
English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Activity
##Request 1. The number of prescriptions which were not paid for because the patient claimed they had a maternity exemption certificate in each of the following five financial years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 2. The number of dentist appointments which were not paid for because the patient claimed they had a maternity exemption certificate in each of the following five financial years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 3. The number of penalty charge notices issued because it was believed a patient was claiming they had a valid maternity exemption certificate when they did not in each of the following five financial years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 4. The number of penalty charge notices which were issued because it was believed a patient was claiming to have a valid maternity exemption certificate when they did not which were successfully challenged in each of the following financial years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 Date Range: 01/04/19 to 31/03/24 The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 24 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. ###Questions one and two 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. Prescription exemption information is available at the following web link: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescription-cost-analysis-england/prescription-cost-analysis-england-202324 The file on this page titled 'Exemption category management information' contains the relevant information under the ‘Exemption_categories’ tab. This dataset is broken down by financial year, as per the request. Column D, 'Total Items', provides the total number of prescriptions per exemption category. Dental exemption information is available at the following web link: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324 The file on this page titled ‘NHS Dental Statistics for England - 2023/24: National overview summary tables' contains the relevant information under the ‘Table_1f’ tab. This dataset is broken down by financial year, as per the request. Column L, 'Total’, provides the total courses of treatment per exemption category. ###Caveats: Please note, the data that is recorded in relation to the reason for an exemption, referred to as the 'exemption category', is not reliable for the following reasons. Only one exemption category can be recorded on a prescription, so patients with a maternity exemption certificate, or who would otherwise qualify, may have been processed under a different exemption category. Pharmacies are able to use Real Time Exemption Checking (RTEC). This service confirms to the dispenser that a person is exempt from the charge, but in early versions of the system, no record of the reason found by RTEC was passed on to NHSBSA prescription processing systems or the data warehouse. In these cases, the exemption reason will be listed as 'Z - No Declaration/Declaration Not Specific'. This situation has changed and most RTEC checked items are being submitted with a specific exemption category recorded - this will begin to be reflected in the statistics in due course, but it will take time for data that is complete to become available. For the time being, users should consider the volume of items reported in the statistics as category 'Z' to represent how incomplete the data on any specific exemption is at that time. In other words, for any time period when many items are reported as 'Z', it is likely that all other specified, non-age-related exemption figures are under-estimates of the actual number of times that those exemptions were used. The processing of paper prescriptions may also have resulted in inaccuracies of exemption categories. In many cases, the mark(s) on the rear of the form intended to indicate one, or more, exemption reason(s) is not clear and can be misinterpreted by the NHSBSA scanners. NHSBSA do not perform validation or verification of which exemption category has been marked or recorded during scanning. Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full – https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 ###Question three: The number of penalty charge notices issued because it was believed a patient was claiming they had a valid maternity exemption certificate when they did not in each of the following five financial years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 Financial year 2019/2020: 86,660 Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) were issued where a maternity exemption certificate was claimed Financial year 2020/2021: No PCNs were issued. The issuing of PCNs and enquiry letters was suspended during this period, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Financial year 2021/2022: 1,201 PCNs were issued where a maternity exemption certificate was claimed Financial year 2022/2023: 55,843 PCNs were issued where a maternity exemption certificate was claimed Financial year 2023/2024: 62,287 PCNs were issued where a maternity exemption certificate was claimed ###Question four: The number of penalty charge notices which were issued because it was believed a patient was claiming to have a valid maternity exemption certificate when they did not which were successfully challenged in each of the following financial years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 Financial year 2019/2020: 36,276 PCNs from question three were successfully challenged Financial year 2020/2021: No PCNs were issued. The issuing of PCNs and enquiry letters was suspended during this period, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Financial year 2021/2022: 211 PCNs from question three were successfully challenged Financial year 2022/2023: 8,691 PCNs from question three were successfully challenged Financial year 2023/2024: 4,996 PCNs from question three were successfully challenged Please note that some patients may not have had a maternity exemption certificate in place but were able to prove that they were entitled to have one at the time they claimed their NHS prescription. This would be considered a successful challenge. ##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.
##Request Please supply procedure and complaints information. ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested This information is already available in the public domain and can be accessed at: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/contact-us/complaints Please also find attached a copy of our complaints policy. 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-02598 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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.
Dataset Description The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) publishes Secondary Care Medicines Data on behalf of NHS England (NHSE). This dataset provides 'Provisional' Secondary Care Medicines data for all NHS Acute, Teaching, Specialist, Mental Health, and Community Trusts in England. It provides information on pharmacy stock control, reflecting processed medicines data. RX Info is responsible for refreshing the Provisional data at the close of each financial year to include backtracking adjustments. The data is 'Finalised' to provide validated and complete figures for each reporting period, incorporating any updates and corrections throughout the year. The Finalised dataset serves as the definitive record for each month and year, offering the most accurate information on medicines issued. While we do not analyse changes, users can compare the finalised data with provisional data to identify any discrepancies. Key Components of the Data Quantities of Medicines Issued: Details the total quantities of medicines stock control via NHS Secondary Care services. Indicative Costs: Actual costs cannot be displayed in the dataset as NHS Hospital pricing contracts and NICE Patient Access Schemes are confidential. The indicative cost of medicines is derived from current medicines pricing data held in NHSBSA data systems (Common Drug Reference and dm+d), calculated to VMP level. Indicative costs are calculated using: Community pharmacy reimbursement prices for generic medicines. List prices for branded medicines. Care should be taken when interpreting and analysing this indicative cost as it does not reflect the net actual cost of NHS Trusts, which will differ due to the application of confidential discounts, rebates, or procurement agreements paid by hospitals when purchasing medicines. Standardisation with SNOMED CT and dm+d: SNOMED CT (Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms) is used to enhance the dataset’s compatibility with electronic health record systems and clinical decision support tools. SNOMED CT is a globally recognised coding system that provides precise definitions for clinical terms, ensuring interoperability across healthcare systems. Trust-Level Data: Data is broken down by individual NHS Trusts, enabling regional comparisons, benchmarking, and targeted analysis of specific Trusts. Medicine Identification: Medicines in the dataset are identified using Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP) codes from the Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d): VMP_PRODUCT_NAME: The name of the Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP) as defined by the dm+d, which includes key details about the product. For example: Paracetamol 500mg tablets. VMP_SNOMED_CODE: The code for the Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP), providing a unique identifier for each product. For example: 42109611000001109 represents Paracetamol 500mg tablets. You can access the finalised files in our Finalised Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with indicative price dataset. Dataset Details Service Overview Information about our NHSBSA Prescriptions Data service can be found here - Prescription data | NHSBSA The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) publishes this dataset, provided by RX Info, which contains information about pharmacy stock control in NHS Secondary Care settings across England on behalf of NHS England. It includes data from NHS Trusts and is in a standardised dm+d format (Dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d) | NHSBSA). For further context about the Secondary Care Medicines Data, you can explore the following resources: Secondary Care Medicines Data Release Guidance v0.5 (Word: 78.3KB) RX Info: RX Info is the provider of the data related to pharmacy stock control medicines issued in NHS Secondary Care settings, which is made available by NHSBSA. Visit RX Info's website for more details. Data Source The data is sourced from NHS Trusts' pharmacy stock control systems which capture detailed records of medicines issued, including quantities. The data is provided to NHSBSA by RX Info, a data provider that supplies records on medicines issued in NHS Secondary Care settings. Data quality controls are in place to exclude transactions flagged as outliers, non-standardised items and zero activity. No personal or patient-identifiable information is included, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. Rx-Info will provide a complete annual refresh of the data two months after the close of a financial year, planned for the end May, which will then be the fixed data set accounting for backtracking. The data for the finalised view is provided to NHSBSA. Data Collection Data is from NHS England sites only and provided under the agreement entered into by Trusts and Rx-Info (Define) facilitated by NHS England. The data owners and data controllers are the respective NHS Trusts. Time Periods Publication frequency: Data is uploaded on a monthly basis and is published retrospectively with a two-month delay. For example, January data is published in March. Historical Data: Data is available from April 2021 onwards. Geography NHS Trusts in England. Statistical Classification This is not an official statistic. A related official statistic can be found in our Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community publication, which includes Secondary Care Medicines data with actual cost, broken down by British National Formulary (BNF) Section. Caveats Information: Interpreting 'Cost' Data Cost Limitations and Interpretation Indicative Costs: The costs in this dataset are indicative and do not reflect the net actual cost (including discounts and rebates) paid by hospitals when purchasing medicines. Due to confidential procurement agreements, the indicative costs will overestimate total NHS hospital expenditure. These figures are most useful for trend analysis rather than precise cost predictions. Cost Growth: Growth estimates based on this dataset should be interpreted with caution. Discounts and rebates affect both spending levels and growth rates, meaning that observed cost trends may not fully represent actual NHS expenditure patterns. Information: Scope of Medicines Data The dataset does not include medicines prescribed in primary care (e.g., GP surgeries) or private healthcare providers, or NHS prescriptions supplied by hospitals dispensed in community pharmacy. Information: Data Responsibility NHS Business Services Authority publish this data on behalf of NHS England and are therefore not able to provide analytical support or interpretation of the data. This data is provided by individual NHS Trusts via the Rx-Info system. Information: Further Guidance Additional information is available in the Secondary Care Medicines Data Release Guidance v0.5 (Word: 78.3KB) documentation. Enquiries Who can I contact if I have queries relating to the data? If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the name of the dataset for reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. Citing and Reusing This Data Important information regarding 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/or other applicable law. You may use the data freely, provided that you attribute the source. Citation NHS Business Services Authority. " Provisional - Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with indicative price " NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: [https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/secondary-care-medicines-data-indicative-price](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/secondary-care-medicines-data-indicative-price)
Provisional Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with indicative price
#Request _Is there an agreement or contract in place with any pharmaceutical company/supplier to supply weight loss injections, E.G; Ozempic, Mounjaro, Saxenda, Wegovy to any NHS Trust in the UK? Who is the contact person to speak to to discuss the supply of such medication to the NHS at a cost that would save them money?_ ##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 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/
##Request Please could you provide me with the below information for all Lloyds Pharmacies in the form of an excel or CSV file. • Contractor name • Contractor number • Drug name • Drug strength • Items of each of the above dispensed • Quantity of each of the above dispensed • By month • Date range January 2021 to December 2024 I would just like to clarify I would like the data to reflect the dispensing month – not the paid month. The drugs I would like to see specifically are categorised as • Special • Special Obtain • Unlicensed medications If this is not possible to differentiate the category of drug then I am requesting all dispensing data for each of the Lloyds Pharmacies from January 2021 to December 2024 (in the above requested format). I appreciate this is a lot of data, I am more than happy to have a call regarding this request if you would like to discuss the logistics of sharing the data with me. ##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. 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. Exclusions The Data excludes: 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 information security reasons to prevent the identification of organisations with high levels of controlled drug dispensing. There is no data past October 2023 as all Lloyds Pharmacies were closed by November 2023. Time Period Items dispensed between January 2021 and October 2023 inclusive. Organisation Data Limited to Lloyds Pharmacies. The data provided is for prescriptions dispensed in England. Medications Limited to items that fall into the following categories: - Special Order - Drug Tariff Special Order - Part VIIID Drug Tariff Special Order BNF Code 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). 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-02556 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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: “Data Warehouse 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.
#Request 1) What is the primary SIC 2007 code for your organisation's activities? 2) How many workers are directly employed by your organisation? 3) How would you classify your organisation: Private, Public, or Voluntary? 4) In which region is your workplace located? 5) Do you recognise any trade unions in your workplace? If so, please name them. 6) What was the date your latest pay settlement/agreement, came into effect? 7) what date will your next pay settlement/agreement begin? 8) In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the percentage pay increase for your lowest-paid employee? 9) In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the standard percentage pay increase? 10) What is the job title(s) and hourly rate of your lowest-paid employees? 11) Are you a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 7 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. #Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested. All information provided is as of 12 February 2025. #Question 1 - What is the primary SIC 2007 code for your organisation's activities? 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. #Question 2 - How many workers are directly employed by your organisation? 5031 workers are directly employed by the NHSBSA. #Question 3 - How would you classify your organisation: Private, Public, or Voluntary? The NHSBSA is a public organisation. #Question 4 - In which region is your workplace located? Tyneside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Sussex #Question 5 - Do you recognise any trade unions in your workplace? If so, please name them. Public and Commercial Service Union (PCS) and Unison #Question 6 - What was the date your latest pay settlement/agreement, came into effect? 1 April 2024 #Question 7 - what date will your next pay settlement/agreement begin? 1 April 2025 #Question 8 - In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the percentage pay increase for your lowest-paid employee? 5.5% #Question 9 - In this latest settlement/agreement, what was the standard percentage pay increase? 5.5% #Question 10 - What is the job title(s) and hourly rate of your lowest-paid employees? The lowest paid employees within the NHSBSA are on Band 2. Full details of the NHS Agenda for Change pay scales for 2024-25 can be found here: https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202425 • Applications Processor • Assessment Support Officer • Business unit admin support office • Finance Assistant • HR Administration assistant • Mail room assistant • Office Support • Organisation data UIP support officer • Payment support officer • Pensions administrator • Porter • Prescription exemption checking team member • Scanning team member • Scheme access team administrator • Stakeholder engagement contact support officer • Type 1 team member • Type 2 team member #Question 11 - Are you a living wage foundation Accredited Living Wage Employer? Whilst we're committed to paying the Living Wage, we're not accredited.
##Request 1) How many claims have been made to the VDPS due to an adverse reaction to a covid vaccine to date? 2) How many claimants have been notified of an outcome? 3) Please provide a breakdown of the vaccines involved in the claims that have received an outcome? 4) How many claims have been successful? Please provide a breakdown of which vaccine were used in the claims awarded. 5) How many claims have been rejected / unsuccessful? 6) What is the average processing times for claims from the NHSBSA receiving a claim to the outcome decision for a) all claims received b) for claims that received an award. 7a) What are the reasons for claims being rejected (causation, not meeting 60% threshold, ineligible to claim.) Please provide numbers? Please provide a breakdown of which vaccine was used in the claims when causation was accepted. Please give a breakdown of levels of the disability in claims rejected where causation has been accepted, in bands of disability level 0-19%, 20% to 39%, 40% to 59% 7b) Is it possible to give the conditions that have met the criteria e.g VITT, GBS? 8) How many claims have been waiting over 12 months, 18 months, 24 months for a decision? 9) How many of the successful claims involved a fatality? 10) How many requests for a mandatory reconsideration have been received, how many have received a decision and how many decisions have been reversed, resulting in an award? 11) How many appeals to the tribunal have been filed? How many have received an outcome? What are the outcomes? 12) How many claims not involving a Covid vaccine have been received since the NHSBSA took over administering the scheme Nov 21? How many have been awarded, and how many have been rejected on failing the 60% disability criteria?’ 13) How many have been determined? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 30 January 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds the information you have requested. All data as of 31 January 2025. All data relates to claims received by the NHSBSA and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. All figures provided for questions 1 to 11 relate to COVID-19 vaccines. ##Fewer than five Please be aware that I have decided not to release the full details where the total number of individuals falls below five. This is because the individuals could be identified, when combined with other information that may be in the public domain or reasonably available. This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3 (a) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: a. it is not fair to disclose individual’s 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 individual. Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40 ##Breach of Confidentiality Please note that the identification of individuals is also a breach of the common law duty of confidence. An individual who has been identified could make a claim against the NHSBSA 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. ##Question 1 - How many claims have been made to the VDPS due to an adverse reaction to a covid vaccine to date? 18,551 claims have been received by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). ##Question 2 - How many claimants have been notified of an outcome? 11,010 claimants have been notified of an outcome following medical assessment. ##Question 3 - Please provide a breakdown of the vaccines involved in the claims that have received an outcome? Of the 11,010 claims that have received an outcome following medical assessment: • 5,023 relate to AstraZeneca • 3,643 relate to Pfizer • 496 relate to Moderna • 1,848 claims relate to Novavax or more than one COVID-19 vaccine and therefore we are unable to categorise them. For example, where a claim relates to an initial vaccine from one manufacturer and a booster from another. ##Question 4 - How many claims have been successful? Please provide a breakdown of which vaccine were used in the claims awarded. Please be advised following the disclosure of FOI-02475, whereby the figure was 203 for all vaccines as of 31 December 2024, the figure for COVID-19 vaccines has increased by fewer than five at the time your request was received. Therefore, as detailed above in accordance with section 40 (2) and section 41 of FOIA, we are unable to provide an updated number of successful claims in relation to COVID-19 Vaccines. Of these, fewer than five were Pfizer and fewer than five were Moderna and the remaining claims were AstraZeneca or more than one COVID-19 vaccine and therefore we are unable to categorise them. For example, where a claim relates to an initial vaccine from one manufacturer and a booster from another. Therefore, as detailed above in accordance with section 40 (2) and section 41 of FOIA, we are unable to provide an updated breakdown by manufacturer. ##Question 5 - How many claims have been rejected / unsuccessful? Please be advised that we are unable to confirm the how many claims have been rejected following a medical assessment as doing so would confirm the number of claims awarded. Please refer to question four above which explains our application of section 40 (2) section 41 of FOIA. 927 claims did not meet the criteria for medical assessment. ##Question 6a - What is the average processing times for claims from the NHSBSA receiving a claim to the outcome decision for: a) all claims received Between 1 November 2021 and 31 January 2025, the average number of days it took from receipt of a claim from a claimant to communicating an outcome was 276. As part of the process of the scheme, we need a full set of medical records for each claimant, and it can take time for the claimant’s healthcare providers to gather and securely supply copies of these records. Once sent for assessment, the time it takes for the independent medical assessor to review a claim can vary from case to case depending on the individual circumstances of each claim. ##Question 6b - What is the average processing times for claims from the NHSBSA: b) for claims that received an award. Between 1 November 2021 and 31 January 2025, the average number of days it took from receipt of a claim from a claimant to communicating an award was 430. Payments are made within 10 working days once we have received relevant documents from claimants. For example, a completed bank details form. ##Question 7a - What are the reasons for claims being rejected (causation, not meeting 60% threshold, ineligible to claim.) Please provide numbers? Please provide a breakdown of which vaccine was used in the claims when causation was accepted. ##Please give a breakdown of levels of the disability in claims rejected where causation has been accepted, in bands of disability level 0-19%, 20% to 39%, 40% to 59% 445 claims were unsuccessful because, although the claims met the criteria for causation, the independent medical assessor recommended that the vaccine has not caused severe disablement. Under the VDPS, severe disablement means at least 60% disabled, based on Schedule 2 of The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1408/schedule/2 Of the 445 claims: • 280 relate to AstraZeneca • 114 relate to Pfizer • 37 relate to Moderna • the 14 remaining claims relate to more than one COVID-19 vaccine and therefore we are unable to categorise them. For example, where a claim relates to an initial vaccine from one manufacturer and a booster from another. The remainder of claims were unsuccessful because the independent medical assessor recommended that, on the balance of probabilities, the vaccine did not cause the disability in question (causation). We are unable to disclose a figure for this because doing so would allow for confirm the number of claims awarded to be disclosed. Please refer to question four which explains our application of section 40 (2) section 41 of FOIA. We cannot provide the breakdown by disability level. This is because the numbers are so small that individuals might be identifiable when compared with previously released figures. For context, in FOI-02475 there were 106 unsuccessful claims where people met the causation criteria but were assessed at 30-59% disability. ##Question 7b - Is it possible to give the conditions that have met the criteria e.g VITT, GBS? We have refined how we record conditions in relation to awarded claims. The list of conditions now covers the main condition the independent medical assessor has identified. The main conditions of the claims awarded a Vaccine Damage Payment: • Anaphylaxis • Bell's palsy • Capillary leak syndrome • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) • Guillain-Barre syndrome • Immune thrombocytopenia • Myocardial Infarction • Myocarditis/pericarditis • Pulmonary Embolus • Stroke/ CVA • Transverse myelitis • VITT/Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis • Acute allergic reaction • Bacterial pneumonia • Immune response to vaccine • Inflammation of lungs • Bilateral sequential optic neuropathy • Vaccine-induced vasculitis The NHSBSA has withheld any conditions where the number of awarded claims is fewer than five under s40(2) and s41 of the FOIA as explained above. ##Question 8 - How many claims have been waiting over 12 months, 18 months, 24 months for a decision? 997 claims were received more than 12 months ago and have not yet reached an outcome. Of these, 515 claims were received more than 18 months ago and have not yet reached an outcome. Of these, 153 claims were received more than 24 months ago and have not yet reached an outcome. ##Question 9 - How many of the successful claims involved a fatality? Please be advised since the disclosure of FOI-02351, where we disclosed that as of 31 October 2024 there were 70 claims where an award outcome has been communicated that was made on behalf of someone who has died, this figure has increased by fewer than five. We have therefore decided not to disclose this exact figure under section 40 (2) and section 41 of the FOIA. Details of these exemptions are outlined above. You can view this FOI 02351 using the following link: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02351 ##Question 10 - How many requests for a mandatory reconsideration have been received, how many have received a decision and how many decisions have been reversed, resulting in an award? 1,586 requests for a mandatory reversal have been received. 1,022 mandatory reversals have been reassessed. Of these, 21 claimants have been notified they are entitled to a Vaccine Damage Payment and the remaining have been rejected. At the mandatory reversal stage, a claimant is advised that they can add further evidence to support their claim. For example, a claimant can ask the NHSBSA to contact healthcare providers to obtain evidence of further treatment received since their original claim. ##Question 11 - How many appeals to the tribunal have been filed? How many have received an outcome? What are the outcomes? Since 1 November 2021, 64 claimants have submitted an appeal to HM Courts and Tribunals Service: https://www.gov.uk/vaccine-damage-payment/if-you-disagree-with-a-decision Five appeals have reached an outcome. None of these have been successful. ##Question 12 - How many claims not involving a Covid vaccine have been received since the NHSBSA took over administering the scheme Nov 21? How many have been awarded, and how many have been rejected on failing the 60% disability criteria?’ 768 claims not involving a COVID-19 vaccine have been received by the VDPS. Fewer than five of these claims have been awarded. Six claims were unsuccessful because, although the claim met the criteria for causation, the independent medical assessor recommended that the vaccine has not caused severe disablement. Under the VDPS severe disablement means at least 60% disabled, based on Schedule 2 of The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1408/schedule/2 ##Question 13 - How many have been determined? 254 claims not involving a COVID-19 vaccine have received an outcome. ##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: https://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.
#Request _‘information about the assessor’_ #Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested. #Names and GMC numbers I can confirm that we do hold information on the names and General Medical Council (GMC) numbers for independent medical assessors. Please note that this response does not relate to a specific claim or claimant. The request is being answered more generally given requests under FOIA are requester-blind, that is to say the identity of the requester is not taken into account when considering a request for information under FOIA. We consider the name and GMC number to be personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018. Disclosure of their names or GMC numbers would result in their identification when entered into the GMC public register. Please be aware that I have decided not to release the names and GMC numbers of the independent medical assessors as this information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3(A)(a) of the FOIA. As the requested information would allow an independent medical assessor to be identified, I consider this information is exempt. This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: A. it is not fair to disclose their 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 their privacy. The requested information is exempt if disclosure would contravene any of the data protection principles. For disclosure to comply with the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency principle, we either need the consent of the data subject(s) or there must be a legitimate interest in disclosure. In addition, the disclosure must be necessary to meet the legitimate interest and finally, the disclosure must not cause unwarranted harm. This means that the NHSBSA is therefore required to conduct a balancing exercise between the legitimate interest of the applicant in disclosure against the rights and freedoms of the independent medical assessor. While I acknowledge that you have a legitimate interest in disclosure of the information, the disclosure of the requested information would cause unwarranted harm. Disclosure under FOIA is to the world and therefore the NHSBSA has to consider the overall impact of the disclosure and its duty of care. The expectation of the independent medical assessors is that they will remain anonymous and will therefore not be subject to contact or pressure from claimants or campaigning groups. Given the certainty that the name and/or GMC number will identify them, there is a reasonable expectation that this information will not be disclosed under the FOIA. Disclosing this information would be unfair and as such this would breach the UK General Data Protection Regulation first data protection principle. Please see the following link to view the section 40 exemption in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40 #Qualifications and experience The NHSBSA does not hold information on the independent medical assessors' qualifications. This is because their medical qualifications and experience are the responsibility of the third-party medical assessment supplier. I hope, however, that the following information provides reassurance on this point: All claims are assessed by the independent medical assessment company with a consistent approach. Each case is considered on its own merits, by an experienced independent medical assessor. The contract with our supplier does not require them to tell us details of their qualifications or their experience. The contract requires that all assessments carried out are undertaken by suitably qualified and experienced Registered Medical Practitioners. This includes being registered on the UK GMC register, with a licence to practise and meet or exceed the following requirements: * they are a Registered Medical Practitioner with at least five years’ post graduate experience; and * they have experience of the performance of medical and/ or disability assessment, addressing questions of causation and impact in the context of legislative or policy requirements to assist the decision maker #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: “NHS Jobs, 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.
##Request Following receipt of my FOI request 02402 received in December 2024 I would like to request the same information for the period Oct 2024 to Dec 2024 by month. Please can you provide the information in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. ##Response October 2024 and November 2024 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 below links: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02530 Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 December 2024 A copy of this information is attached. Unfortunately it is currently not possible to preview these data sets for October 2024, November 2024 or December 2024 on the Open Data Portal. We are in contact with our Data Services Support Team to determine the issue. If you use “Explore” and “Download”, it will load the file to your computer direct. We are working on some improvements to our portal at the moment, so please accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused. There are some “How To” guides on the site, that may assist you, but please do not hesitate to contact the team with any other queries. How-to Resources - Open Data Portal Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. Caveats 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. 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 drugs flagged in our database as Schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs have been excluded from this dataset for information security reasons to prevent the identification of organisations with high levels of controlled drug dispensing. This data is limited to prescriptions prescribed in England and dispensed in either England, Scotland or Wales. Time Period December 2024 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. SNOMED_CONCEPT_ID SNOMED CT is an internationally recognised coding system for electronic health records, which enables information to be shared between clinical systems in an easy, secure and accurate manner. SNOMED CT contains clinical terms for all aspects of NHS activity, from procedures and symptoms, through to clinical measurements, diagnoses and medications. VMP_VMPP_AMP_AMPP VMP / VMPP / AMP / AMPP indicates if the row of data relates to a virtual (VMP) or actual (AMP) product. With VMP and AMP at presentation level and VMPP and AMPP being at pack level. 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/Alderney, 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. 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-02625 Your personal details will be removed from the published response.
## Dataset Description As part of the joint plan by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to recover and reform NHS dentistry, a New Patient Premium (NPP) was introduced on 1 March 2024. This dataset provides detailed information on the NPP at Integrated Care Board (ICB) level. The dataset is being published to provide insight into the outcomes of the NPP, which is a key part of the Dental Recovery Plan aimed at restoring and improving access to Primary Care Dentistry in England following the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is intended to support stakeholders in evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of the NPP initiative as part of the Dental Recovery Plan. The dataset includes the number of Units of Dental Activity (UDAs are a measure of the amount of work done during dental treatment) awarded specifically for NPP and a breakdown of adults and children receiving either a Band 1, 2, or 3 course of treatment. The data was updated on 20th February 2025, to remove those patients seen under the NPP scheme which did not attract UDA. These total 8,385 patients over the period March to October 2024 (approximately 0.3 percent). An additional column was also added which shows the total cost associated with the NPP scheme. This was based on the values of £15 per Band 1, and £50 per Band 2 or 3 FP17. More information on the NPP can be found in the ‘[Guidance on dental contract management arrangements for 2023/24 year-end reconciliation](https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/guidance-on-dental-contract-management-arrangements-for-2023-24-year-end-reconciliation/)’ published by NHS England. Further information on the Dental Recovery Plan is available on NHS England’s website at the following link: [NHS England » Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry](https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/our-plan-to-recover-and-reform-nhs-dentistry/) The dataset can be used to: • monitor progress and assess delivery of NPP across ICBs • support evaluation of outcomes to determine if the initiative is meeting its goals • provide evidence for policy makers, commissioners, and local healthcare teams to support decision making • enable transparency in tracking delivery of dental activity under the NPP initiative, allowing public accountability The [Dental System Reform – New Patient Premium Statement of voluntary application of the Code of Practice for Statistics document (Word:26KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/ODP/raw/8d44adb83ab7ef17bddb87abc8afb1cfb4598a7b/NPP%20voluntary%20application%20of%20CoP.docx) provides a comprehensive overview of the NHSBSA's voluntary application of the Code of Practice for Statistics to the New Patient Premium data set, detailing the measures taken to ensure trustworthiness, quality, and value in the publication and use of this data. # Data Source This data is sourced from [Compass](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/compass) (Compass went live in February 2016 and is the system that commissioners, providers and performers need to use to access and administer their relevant NHS Dental Services information). # Data Collection The data is based on FP17 (https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/activity-payment-and-pension-services/dental-activity-processing) submissions where the date of acceptance was between 1st March 2024 and the scheme end date. # Time Period Data will be published for activity between March 2024 and the end of the scheme. Data for the preceding twelve months (March 2023 to February 2024) is also provided. It shows the number of patients who would have been considered eligible for NPP during this period, based on the same ruleset. # Geography ICB - England. # Caveats This data differs from the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity) data also published on our Open Data Portal. Adult/Child Patients are defined based on the patients age at the date of acceptance. An adult is defined as a patient aged 18 or over at the date of acceptance, a child aged under 18. The Units of Dental Activity (UDA) for the month are attributed to the FP17s for the treatment provided. Please note that this excludes the UDA from Foundation Dentists. The NPP data set includes data for FP17s that are submitted or amended for an additional period of time from when the activity is carried out. For example, activity for treatment carried out in May 2024 (known as the treatment month) could have the associated FP17 submitted by the performer between 1 May 2024 and 6 August 2024 (known as the schedule month or date). The Monthly General Dental Activity includes data for the relevant treatment month (May 2024) for FP17s submitted between 1 May 2024 and 24 July 2024. Data is only included for dental contracts that have been indicated as eligible for NPP by commissioners. FP17s can be submitted or amended for treatment months after they have originally been reported. This can impact final figures if data is reproduced in the future. Therefore, data is produced after the [time period that performers are due to submit their activity](https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-01820/en-us) on the 7th of the third month after the activity occurred. However, some small differences may still occur. #Baseline data Data for the preceding twelve months (March 2023 to February 2024) is also provided as a baseline. It shows the number of patients who would have been considered eligible for NPP during this period, based on the same ruleset. This ruleset has been manually applied to historic data by the NHSBSA. The status of contracts eligible for NPP can change across the time-period. Therefore, the baseline is based on contracts that were indicated as eligible for NPP in August 2024. We do not advise directly comparing the baseline data with the NPP figures for March, April, and May 2024. This is because patients who started treatment before 1st March 2024 but finished within these 3 months are not included in the published numbers. These total 88,432 in March, 33,923 in April, and 13,473 in May. The adjusted numbers are included in the chart below: ![chart](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/ODP/blob/Files-for-ODP-links/NPP%2023012025.png?raw=true) In addition, data for the twelve months April 2019 to March 2020 is also provided as a baseline. This shows the number of patients who would have been considered eligible for NPP during this period, based on the same ruleset. #Citation NHS Business Services Authority. "Dental New Patient Premium" NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: [opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/dental-new-patient-premium](opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/dental-new-patient-premium) If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact [communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk.](mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk) This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.
##Request Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I was wondering if you would be able to develop on top of the FOI Request FOI-01537, FOI-01681, FOI-01795 , FOI-01900, FOI-01931, FOI-02008, FOI-02060, FOI-02143 and FOI-02299. BNF Chapter 20-22 and Chapter 23: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01537 (April 2023 - September 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01681 (October 2023 - November 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01795 (December 2023 - January 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01900 (February 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01931 (January 2024 - March 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02008 (April 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02060 (May 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02143 (June 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02299 (July 2024 - August 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02381 (September 2024) 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. Would it be possible for the data to be limited to prescribing within BNF Chapter 20 - Dressings, Chapter 21 – Appliances and Chapter 22 – Incontinence Appliances, 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. • 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. Could we have the same caveats so that the data matches with the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD). Would it be possible to have the data in the same format for October 2024 and November 2024 please?’ ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy has been published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: A copy of the information is attached. https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02530 Due to the large size of the files we cannot email these to you. 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 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 drugs flagged in our database as Schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs have been excluded from this dataset for information security reasons to prevent the identification of organisations with high levels of controlled drug dispensing. Time Period October to November 2024 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. SNOMED_CONCEPT_ID SNOMED CT is an internationally recognised coding system for electronic health records, which enables information to be shared between clinical systems in an easy, secure and accurate manner. SNOMED CT contains clinical terms for all aspects of NHS activity, from procedures and symptoms, through to clinical measurements, diagnoses and medications. VMP_VMPP_AMP_AMPP VMP / VMPP / AMP / AMPP indicates if the row of data relates to a virtual (VMP) or actual (AMP) product. With VMP and AMP at presentation level and VMPP and AMPP being at pack level. 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. 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: “Dental Services, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” 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.
##Request## ‘I would like information relating to people who have applied for compensation under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) relating to covid vaccines only. Of those who were unsuccessful because, although the claim met the criteria for causation, the independent medical assessor recommended that the vaccine had not caused severe disablement - what was the claimant's condition or illness as recorded by the independent medical assessor? Please provide a breakdown by condition/illness.’ ##Response## I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. All data as of 31 January 2025. All data relates to claims received by the NHSBSA and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. All figures provided relate to Covid-19 claims. Fewer than five Please be aware that I have decided not to release the full details where the total number of individuals falls below five. This is because the individuals could be identified, when combined with other information that may be in the public domain or reasonably available. This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3 (a) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: a. it is not fair to disclose individual’s 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 individual. Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40 Breach of Confidentiality Please note that the identification of individuals is also a breach of the common law duty of confidence. An individual who has been identified could make a claim against the NHSBSA 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 Question 1 - ‘I would like information relating to people who have applied for compensation under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) relating to covid vaccines only. Of those who were unsuccessful because, although the claim met the criteria for causation, the independent medical assessor recommended that the vaccine had not caused severe disablement - what was the claimant's condition or illness as recorded by the independent medical assessor? Please provide a breakdown by condition/illness.’ As of 31 January 2025, 445 claims were unsuccessful because, although the claims met the criteria for causation, the independent medical assessor recommended that the vaccine has not caused severe disablement. Under the VDPS, severe disablement means at least 60% disabled, based on Schedule 2 of The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1408/schedule/2 The list below shows specific conditions that have been identified in medical records for those where the claim was unsuccessful for this reason. Claims could be in relation to a mixture of the listed conditions and other conditions. Submitting a claim in relation to one of the following conditions does not mean it will be rejected. This is because each claim is considered on its own merits and in accordance with the criteria of the scheme. VDPS assessments are complex. Each claim is assessed on a case-by-case basis, based upon the individual's medical records, scientific evidence, clinical research and epidemiological evidence. Please note that due to the numbers identified for some of these assessed conditions being fewer than five, we’re unable to provide a breakdown of the conditions or the exact number for each condition under section 40(2) and section 41 of the FOIA. Details of these exemptions are outlined above. The list of conditions is: • Allergic reaction • Anaphylaxis • Bell's palsy • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis • Guillain-Barre syndrome • Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura • Pericarditis/Myocarditis • Pulmonary Embolus • Tinnitus • Transverse Myelitis • Urticaria • Vaccine-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) • Other – we have withheld the name of the condition where the total number of assessed conditions is fewer than five under section 40(2) and section 41 of the FOIA. 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: “Dental Services, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” 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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request 'I therefore request this information under the Freedom of Information Act. That I want the information on the processes that NHSBSA uses to apply easement.' The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 24 January 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 NHS Business Services Authority. There are no written processes for applying easements as they are determined on a case-by-case basis. ##Advice and assistance An administrative easement may apply to the penalty charge, only where the patient has a compelling reason for having claimed exemption incorrectly. There is no liability for a penalty charge where a patient can show that they did not act wrongfully, or with any lack of care, in respect of the charge in question. A person who acted with a lack of care is defined as follows: The person avoided the original charge by being reckless or careless about their obligation to pay, i.e. they did not take the normal amount of care that could be expected of a person in their circumstances, for instance they did not check that they were getting the correct type of benefit, or that their certificate was still valid. A person who acted wrongfully is defined as follows: The wrongful act occurs when the patient or their representative claims help with NHS charges to which they are not entitled by completing and signing the declaration. ##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. ##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.
#Request _I am seeking data on NHS dentistry in both i) England and ii) Wales_ _Please provide_ _1- national headlines on the total number of courses of treatment delivered in NHS dentistry in both i) England and ii) Wales by month from Jan 2019 with a breakdown by_ _i children under 18 years of age_ _ii paying adults and_ _iii exempt adults_ _2- National headlines on total number of units of dental activity UDAs delivered in both i) England and ii) Wales by month from January 2019 to present, with a breakdown of UDAs delivered by band ie band 1, band 2, band 3, urgent, other, and where applicable 2a 2b or 2c._ ##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. This report contains the details from General FP17s processed in England & Wales for the Months 201901-202502 and includes activity by Foundation Dentists. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Country Name: The country name where the contract is located based on the contract postcode. Year Month: Used throughout the system to identify the specific year and month that the data relates to, i.e. for forms, it would be the month that the activity was scheduled. This is in the format 'YYYYMM' e.g. 201804 for April 2018. UDA Delivered: The units of dental activity scheduled for the time period selected relating to the financial year, where they were carried out by any performer. Total FP17s: This is a count of the number of FP17s scheduled including adjustments for amended and deleted FP17s. Withdrawn FP17s are not included in the total count of FP17s. This figure may be zero or negative if deleted FP17s have been processed. Treatment Charge Band: The patient charge band associated with a course of treatment as stated in Part 5 Treatment Category of the FP17. Child Patients: FP17s where the Patient is a child - defined as a child aged under 18 Adult Charge Payers: FP17s where the Patient is an Adult and Exemption/Remission Description is a Charge Payer Exempt Adult Charge Payers: FP17s where the Patient is an Adult and Patient Charge Status is Exempt __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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘Please could I place a new freedom of information request for an update on information that was provided previously for the most up to date data you have, ideally to year end 2024, but to the latest data available. I have the previous data so you don’t need to include the old data unless you notice any discrepancies/updated figures It is a rerun of FOI 01369, unique female patients each year who are prescribed Testosterone, and possibly a monthly count of new patients being prescribed testosterone if that’s feasible but don’t include that if its too much work. I believe the data was run annually previously because if patients aren’t prescribed monthly it can be difficult to understand the total number of unique women on treatment. If you’re able to include age bands that could be useful also.’ ##[On 19 February 2025 you clarified your request as follows] ‘Please could you use your standard 5 year age bands, e.g.: Aged under 4 Aged 5-9 Aged 10-14 Aged 15-19 Aged 20-24 Aged 25-29 Aged 30-34 Aged 35-39 Aged 40-44 Aged 45-49 Aged 50-54 Aged 55-59 Aged 60-64 Aged 65-69 Aged 70-74 Aged 75-79 Aged 80+’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 14 February 2025, with clarification received on 19 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds the information you have requested, and a copy of the information is attached. Please read the notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. ##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 one 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 (DHSC) 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. This dataset shows the number of unique female patients prescribed at least one item of testosterone in BNF paragraph 0604020. BNF Chemical Substances included are: Testosterone 0604020K0 Testosterone enantate BNF 0604020M0 Testosterone propionate BNF 0604020P0 Testosterone undecanoate BNF 0604020T0 Testosterone esters BNF 0604020U0 ##Age Bands Age bands included are for those female patients aged 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+. ##Time Period Calendar years 2023 to 2024. ##Organisation Data The data is for prescriptions prescribed in England regardless of where it is dispensed in the community. ##Gender Patient gender has been reported using the latest patient gender information held by the NHSBSA Information Services data warehouse at the time that the data was extracted. This uses information from either the most recent Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) message or from the last time that NHSBSA received data about the patient's gender from NHS Personal Demographics Service. Gender is either: Male Female Not known (where no information is held) Indeterminate (where information is held which does not confirm either male or female). ##Patient Identification Where patient identifiable figures have been reported, they are based on the information captured during the prescription processing activities. Please note, patient details cannot be captured from every prescription form and based on the criteria used for this analysis, patient age was captured for 99.99% of prescription items. The unique patient count figures are based on a distinct count of NHS number as captured from the prescription image. The figures for the number of identifiable patients should not be combined and reported at any other level than provided as this may result in the double-counting of patients. For example, a single patient could appear in the results for multiple calendar years. ##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 that you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. ##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.
The English Prescribing Data set contains detailed information on prescriptions issued in England that have been dispensed in England, Wales, Scotland, Guernsey, Alderney, Jersey, and the Isle of Man. This experimental version of the data contains an additional column - SNOMED Code. We are releasing this as an experimental data set initially to allow users to provide us with feedback on its use and utility and to allow you to make any amendments that are needed to your own systems before we implement these changes in the live version of the data. You can provide us with feedback by completing [the online form](https://wh1.snapsurveys.com/s.asp?k=161943168158) or by emailing [DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk](mailto:DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk). This data set will be updated each month and then merged with the existing EPD in the future once we are confident it meets our user's needs. The inclusion of SNOMED Code within the data means that it is now at a more granular level and the data files are larger than they were before. We estimate that each monthly release will now increase in size by approximately 1.25 million rows and 200MB in file size. You can read more about the changes we have made in the provided guidance document. [English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) Guidance (ODT: 236KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/EPD_SNOMED_release_guidance_v003.odt) [English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) Guidance (PDF: 249KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/EPD_SNOMED_release_guidance_v003.pdf) ## Notices **28 May 2024:** We've updated our prescription data reports to reflect the recent changes to the discount deduction applied to pharmacy contractors monthly total of reimbursement prices, listed in the Drug Tariff Part V. For data from April 2024 (published in June) any financial report referencing actual cost includes discounts calculated according to the new methodology. You can find more details in this article: [Changes to Actual Cost reporting calculation (Pharmacy only)](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/news/changes-to-actual-cost-reporting-calculation-pharmacy-only)
English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) with SNOMED Code
##Request You asked us: I am instructed on behalf of an NHS Trust and would like to make an FOI request for a list of vacancies for a Paediatric Consultant between 7 March 2024 until 31 December 2024 for all NHS Trusts within the locations of London and Oxford. Please let me know if more specific search areas are required and we will seek to narrow down the location criteria. I am requesting this information as it is relevant to an Employment Tribunal claim and the Claimant’s potential to mitigate his losses between the above dates. As you will appreciate, I am unable to provide more specific details as to the relevant parties due to confidentiality. As this information has already been in the public domain, I would be grateful if you could provide it in a table format setting out the following information: • Name of organisation • Vacancy reference number • Job title • Salary • 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) ##Our 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. ###Search terms The information has been filtered on the following criteria: • Jobs Adverts Published: 07/03/2024 – 31/12/2024 • Location: London area as a whole and Oxford postcodes • Job Title: Contains ‘Paediatric’ • Pay Scale: Consultant 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 ICBs (including the ones provided in the data) can be found at the below web link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/ ##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: “NHS Jobs, 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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘I would like to request a re-run of a previous Freedom of Information request which you have kindly responded to. I would like to make a new request under the Freedom of Information Act, for the following data: The reference number for the previous request is 02526 and we would like a re-run of this for the latest data, i.e. for the month of December 2024.’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 17 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##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. 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. ##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 information security reasons to prevent the identification of organisations with high levels of controlled drug dispensing. ##Time Period December 2024. ##Organisation Data The data provided is for prescriptions dispensed in England. ##BNF Code 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. ##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. ##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.
##Dataset Description The English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity dataset provides information about the general dental activity carried out by dentists on behalf of the NHS in England. Published monthly, the data is released at individual dental contract level and only relate to contracts that provide General NHS Dental Services. However, they do contain information on all service lines held by that contract in relation to the UDA and FP17s delivered. This dataset allows you to look at the activity provided for each financial year, monthly at national, commissioner and contract level. You can compare the general activity delivered to that commissioned in the contract data. This will give you an idea of how areas of contracts are performing. The dataset will not give the whole picture of NHS dentistry in England as it is possible for other dental services to commissioned locally. You can read more about this dataset and how to use it in the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental and Orthodontic Activity guidance documentation (ODT: 234KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20General%20Dental%20and%20Orthodontic%20Activity%20Guidance.odt). You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the [English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity Data Dictionary (XLSX: 12KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/English%20Contractor%20Monthly%20General%20Dental%20Activity%20Data%20Dictionary.xlsx) We also publish the [English Contractor Monthly Orthodontic Dental Activity dataset](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-orthodontic-activity). ##Time period As per the 'two-month rule', dentists have 62 days after the date of completion or last visit in which to submit their FP17s. Therefore, we publish these datasets two months after the 'month submitted' to allow time for late submissions. Example: March 2024 data will be published in June 2024. ##Overview of Service Information about our NHSBSA Dental Data service can be found [here on the NHSBSA Dental Data webpage.](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/dental-data) ##Data Source NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse ##Data Collection The dataset is derived from FP17 forms which are submitted by dentists via the Compass system ##Time Periods As per the 'two-month rule', dentists have 62 days after the date of completion or last visit in which to submit their FP17s. Therefore, we publish these datasets two months after the 'month submitted' to allow time for late submissions. Example: March 2024 data will be published in June 2024. ##Geography This data is for England only. Caveats ##Citation NHS Business Services Authority. "English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity" NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-activity
English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request 'As my S1 has been cancelled in contravention of Section 15.3 yet again I issue a further Freedom of Information Request and this time I require an answer to what information ,protocols and legislation that is being used to issue and cancel S1' The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 5 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response The S1 certificate is a healthcare entitlement which is legislated by EC regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009. The relevant Articles in the Withdrawal Agreement are contained in Title III “Coordination of Social Security Systems”. The information used by NHSBSA to issue and cancel an S1 is below. S1s are also issued by HMRC. ##Information used to issue an S1 from NHSBSA The country where the customer is permanently residing. Whether they are currently in receipt of a UK State Pension or exportable benefit from the UK or will be in the future. Whether they are in receipt of a State Pension from another EU country, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. If in receipt of a State Pension from Germany, whether they paid Statutory Health Contributions to Germany. Whether they are working for a UK company within the country they are living in or are self- employed and pay UK contributions. Whether they are dependent on another person with an S1 entitlement. The nature of that dependency. Customers full name. Customer’s date of birth. National Insurance number. Residential address in the country the S1 is requested for. Date the customer moved to the residential address. Date they intend to move back (if applicable). Customer’s nationality. Customer verification information in order to locate or confirm an existing record. ##Information used to cancel an S1 Change of circumstance information from the customer, the country they are residing in or another party. This can include the following. The date of these events is required. Customer has moved back to the UK or to another country. Customer starts receiving a State Pension from the country they are living in. The customer has passed away. The customer has moved address within the country they are residing in. (Some countries only). The country the customer is residing in no longer accepts them as a dependant. A dependant S1 holder is entitled to an S1 in their own right. A new S1 will be issued. Customer verification information in order to locate or confirm an existing record. The protocols used in issuing and cancelling S1s are governed by EC regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009. Also, by the Articles in the Withdrawal Agreement contained in Title III “Coordination of Social Security Systems”. Information on EC regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 can be found via the below links: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/883/contents https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/987/contents Please see the below link for the relevant articles within the Withdrawal Agreement: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eut/withdrawal-agreement/part/TWO/title/III ##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. ##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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘Please update FOI-01695 with figures for financial year 2023/2024 [FOI-01695 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01695]’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 21 January 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Original request FOI-01626 ‘Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am seeking detailed information regarding NHS dental contract providers in England and Wales for the contract year 2022-2023. My request includes: List of NHS Dental Contract Providers (such as dental practices): A comprehensive list of all NHS dental contract providers across the UK that did not meet their UDA targets during the 2022-2023 contract year. UDA Targets and Performance: The UDA target set for each provider. The UDA value assigned to each provider. The actual number of UDAs completed by each provider. The number of UDAs not completed by each provider. Financial Implications: The 'clawback' value for each provider. The scheduled date(s) for clawback collection. Previous Year Comparison: The UDA value and target for each contract holder for the previous contract year (2021-2022). Dental Practice Management Software: The name of the Dental Practice Management Software used by each provider to submit claims. Organisation Data Service (ODS) Codes: The ODS code associated with each provider, where available. Contact Information: The address and postcode for each dental practice associated with the individual provider, in separate columns. Please provide the information in an electronic format, such as a spreadsheet, for ease of analysis.’ ##Our 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. ##England Contract Number - This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract. We have limited this to contracts reconciled by the NHSBSA that delivered under 96% of their annual contracted UDA target in 23/24. Latest Provider Number - The latest provider number associated to the contract. Latest Provider Name - The latest name of the provider. Latest Principal Practice Address Line 1 - The latest Principal Practice Address Line 1 associated with the Contract. Latest Principal Practice Address Line 2 - The latest Principal Practice Address Line 2 associated with the Contract. Latest Principal Practice Address Line 3 - The latest Principal Practice Address Line 3 associated with the Contract. Latest Principal Practice Address Line 4 - The latest Principal Practice Address Line 4 associated with the Contract. Latest Principal Practice Address Line 5 - The latest Principal Practice Address Line 5 associated with the Contract. Latest Principal Practice Address Postcode - The latest Principal Practice Postcode associated with the Contract. 2324 UDA Contracted Target - UDA Annual Contracted Target for 23/24 taken from Eden (unless edited by Caseworker in line with Commissioner instruction). 2324 UDA rate (£) - 23/24 UDA Financial Value (£)' divided by '23/24 UDA Annual Contracted Target' (unless edited by Caseworker in line with Commissioner instruction). 2324 UDA Financial Value (£) - UDA Financial Value for 23/24 taken from Eden (unless edited by Caseworker in line with Commissioner instruction). 2324 UDA Adjusted Delivered – 23/24 UDA Delivered' according to Eden including any UDA Brought Forward from the previous year if applicable (unless edited by Caseworker in line with Commissioner instruction). 2324 UDA Undelivered - Number of UDAs that were undelivered in 23/24 as calculated by '23/24 UDA Contracted Target' minus 23/24 UDA Adjusted Delivered' columns. 2324 UDA Financial Recovery - Total recovery due for any undelivered UDAs. 2223 UDA Contracted Target - UDA Annual Contracted Target for 22/23 taken from Eden (unless edited by Caseworker in line with Commissioner instruction). Any contracts that were under Commissioner responsibility or not open in 22/23 are shown as 'N/A'. 2223 UDA rate (£) - 22/23 UDA Financial Value (£)' divided by '22/23 UDA Annual Contracted Target' (unless edited by Caseworker in line with Commissioner instruction). Any contracts that were under Commissioner responsibility or not open in 22/23 are shown as 'N/A'. 2223 UDA Financial Value (£) - UDA Financial Value for 22/23 taken from Eden (unless edited by Caseworker in line with Commissioner instruction). Any contracts that were under Commissioner responsibility or not open in 22/23 are shown as 'N/A'. Apr-24 to Sept-25 - Month(s) 23/24 UDA Financial Recovery has/will be taken, this includes any UPS_2324 or UPS_2324_O adjustments entered on Compass by Commissioners, some of these may not be related to Year-End recovery. Instalments take into account any transfer of recovery between contracts, e.g. a contract may be due financial recovery, but it is recovered from another contract or vise versa. Instalments detailed up to Sept-25, but some contracts extend beyond this. PPC Location V Code - A code comprised of the treatment location ID and formatted to six digits prefixed with a 'V'. This is also known as the ODS code. If the field is blank, it is because no UDA/UOA activity occurred during the time period hence a Location ID wasn't applied to the contract. Software: Please note some provider IDs may have more than one software associated. This is due to some providers have multiple contracts with different software suppliers. ##Wales Data Only Data refers to contracts based in Wales. Data refers to 2023/2024 financial years. For 23/24 UDA Delivered data, this refers to UDA scheduled in relation to FP17Ws with a date of completion between April 1st and March 31st, where the FP17W was scheduled between April and the following June. A variation indicator is included to indicate whether or not contracts are part of the Welsh Variation Programme. Contracts on the Variation Programme have separate targets not based on UDA. The indicator is based on whether the contract has a target for any of historic, new, or new urgent patients. Provider Name and Address details are based on the most recent instances as per Compass. Performance Adjustments refer to adjustments made for underperformance (including overpayment) in 23/24. Performance Adjustments data refers to figures (i.e. payments taken) to date, i.e. the January 2025 schedule month. Underperformance adjustments for the years can continue to be made later. ##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. ##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.
#Request _For the period July to December 2024 inclusive, for prescriptions prescribed in England and dispensed in England by Pharmacy Contractors could you please provide figures for:_ _The total number of prescription items reimbursed_ _The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 7_ _The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 14_ _The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 28_ _The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 56_ _The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 84_ _The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 112_ Your request was clarified as follows: • _Omit special containers and just have those items as prescribed_ • _I don’t need a breakdown by product, it’s just the number of items_ ##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:__ 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__ Aggregated monthly data for July 2024 – December 2024 __Organisation Data__ The data is for items prescribed and dispensed in England by English Pharmacy Contractors. __Data__ This dataset is limited to show all items and those items where the quantities of 7, 14, 28, 56, 84 and 112 were prescribed along with the formulation of those items. __Formulation Description:__ Indicates the formulation for a product prescribed, as assigned by the NHS BSA’s Dictionary of Medicines and Devices. __Quantity__ Quantity normally shows the quantity of a product prescribed. However, where a product is packed in a 'special container'(see Drug Tariff Part II Clause 10) the dispenser is not required to split the pack and may supply the number of containers or original packs which provide the quantity nearest to that prescribed. In some circumstances these items show quantity as the number of units supplied i.e. 1 or 2 even though a pack may contain 56 tablets. __Items__ Shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. __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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from NHS BSA: 1a) How many successful claims were lodged against overseas visitors for using NHS services for each calendar year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024? 1b) How much money (£GBP) was successfully charged in total to overseas visitors for using NHS services for each calendar year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024? 1c) NOTE: Please may you provide the top 10 nationalities of those charged for each calendar year listed above; and how much was paid to each of the top 10 nationalities?’ On 29 January 2025 you clarified your request as follows ‘Yes, may I please request how much was claimed from the EU, EFTA and Switzerland for visitors from those countries? Please may you break this down per calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024? And please may you provide the top 10 countries within the EU, EFTA and Switzerland of those charged; and how much was paid to each of the top 10 country?’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 22 January 2025, with clarification received on 29 January 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##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. These caveats apply to all questions in this FOI unless specified. The number of validated treatments and their value are included in the year that they were claimed by NHSBSA. Following the clarification for question 1b we have used the same clarification for “visitors” for question 1a. For question 1c, the information provided is the top 10 based on monetary value paid. Where nationality information has been requested, we have provided information on which EU or European Free Trade Association (EFTA) country or Switzerland issued their entitlement. ##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. ##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.
#Request _Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am formally requesting full and unredacted disclosure of all information held by the NHS regarding the selection process of COVID-19 vaccine doses and batches administered to patients. Specifically, I require:_ _Clarification on whether patients were pre-selected prior to their vaccination day to receive a specific dose, batch, or type of COVID-19 vaccine._ _Details of any criteria, protocols, or algorithms used to assign specific vaccine doses or batches to individuals._ _Copies of any internal correspondence, guidance, emails, meeting notes, or policies that relate to the allocation and pre-selection of vaccine doses for individuals, including but not limited to batch assignments._ _Any documentation regarding whether certain individuals were assigned particular vaccine batches for reasons beyond general supply and distribution logistics._ _Full disclosure of any exemptions, special considerations, or internal NHS policies relating to batch selection and pre-determined vaccine administration._ _I expect this information to be provided in full, without redaction or omission_ ##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 the following Government departments may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at: ##Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency __Freedom of Information__ MHRA Freedom of Information Team 10 South Colonnade London E14 4PU United Kingdom Email - foi.request@mhra.gov.uk FOI contact form - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mhra-freedom-of-information-foi-disclosure-log ##Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) __Freedom of information (FOI) requests__ Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries Unit Department of Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU United Kingdom Email - dhsc.publicenquiries@dhsc.gov.uk ##UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) __Freedom of information requests__ Information Rights Team UKHSA 10 South Colonnade London E14 4PU United Kingdom Email - InformationRights@UKHSA.gov.uk
##Request I would like to make a request of the NHS Pension Scheme under the Freedom of Information Act. Can you tell me: 1. How much money has been sent in pension funds to members who had already died? 2. How much of that money has been recovered? 3. Do you have the legal right to enforce recovery if the money is not returned, or is returning this money optional on behalf of whoever has it? Please exclude any money that was sent directly to beneficiaries as per the terms of a pension, e.g. death benefits. I am specifically looking at money sent to the member, as part of their normal pension payment, but after they had died. You subsequently clarified your request, specifying that the time frame for this data should be the past five financial years. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your clarified request on 16 January 2024. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. ###Question 1: How much money has been sent in pension funds to members who had already died? Over the last five full Scheme years (1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024), 61,387 Scheme member accounts have received an overpayment due to money being paid after their death. The total value of these overpayments after tax is £32,500,791.54. The NHS Pension Service is part of the government’s Tell Us Once service that lets people report a death to most government organisations in one go, using a reference number they get from the registrar. However, not everyone uses the Tell Us Once service. In this case, the person registering the death must notify the NHS Pension Service directly. https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/organisations-you-need-to-contact-and-tell-us-once https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensioner-hub/bereavement/letting-us-know-pensioner-member-has-died ###Question 2: How much of that money has been recovered? As of 17 January 2025, £26,895,369.37 of the above overpayments has been recovered. ###Question 3: Do you have the legal right to enforce recovery if the money is not returned, or is returning this money optional on behalf of whoever has it? As administrators of one of the largest public sector pension schemes, the NHSBSA has a responsibility to the taxpayer to recover overpayments where possible. NHSBSA has a legal right to enforce recovery. We write to anyone who receives an overpayment of this type to explain the situation as sensitively as possible, and provide information about how to repay. We recognise that this can be a distressing time for families. In the letter we therefore provide contact information so that anyone with concerns or questions can talk to us for further support. ##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.
We have worked with NHS Improvement (now NHS England) to produce a dataset on prescribing in a hospital setting which has been dispensed in the community. The data is related to items prescribed and dispensed in England. The data only includes items prescribed by NHS Hospital Trust Units which have been dispensed in the community. Cost Centre data is not included in this dataset. The data provided is based on England Hospital Trust prescribing only and may include items prescribed in England but dispensed in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and the Isle of Man. The dataset 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 You can read more about dataset in the guidance document: [Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community guidance (Word: 246KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/blob/main/Hospital%20prescribing%20dispensed%20in%20the%20community%20dataset%20guidance.docx?raw=true) ## Notices **28 May 2024:** We've updated our prescription data reports to reflect the recent changes to the discount deduction applied to pharmacy contractors monthly total of reimbursement prices, listed in the Drug Tariff Part V. For data from April 2024 (published in June) any financial report referencing actual cost includes discounts calculated according to the new methodology. You can find more details in this article: [Changes to Actual Cost reporting calculation (Pharmacy only)](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/news/changes-to-actual-cost-reporting-calculation-pharmacy-only)
Hospital Prescribing Dispensed in the Community
#Request You asked us: _Can I have the details of your independent assessor?_ #Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested. #Names and GMC numbers I can confirm that we do hold information on the names and General Medical Council numbers for independent medical assessors. Please note that this response does not relate to a specific claim or claimant. The request is being answered more generally given requests under FOIA are requester-blind, that is to say the identity of the requester is not taken into account when considering a request for information under FOIA. We consider the name and GMC number to be personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018. Disclosure of medical assessors’ names or GMC numbers would result in the identification of the medical assessors when entered into the GMC public register. Please be aware that I have decided not to release the names and GMC numbers of the medical assessors as this information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3(A)(a) of the FOIA. As the requested information would allow a medical assessor to be identified, I consider this information is exempt. This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: A. it is not fair to disclose medical assessors’ 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 medical assessor. The requested information is exempt if disclosure would contravene any of the data protection principles. For disclosure to comply with the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency principle, we either need the consent of the data subject(s) or there must be a legitimate interest in disclosure. In addition, the disclosure must be necessary to meet the legitimate interest and finally, the disclosure must not cause unwarranted harm. This means that the NHSBSA is therefore required to conduct a balancing exercise between the legitimate interest of the applicant in disclosure against the rights and freedoms of the medical assessor. While I acknowledge that you have a legitimate interest in disclosure of the information, the disclosure of the requested information would cause unwarranted harm. Disclosure under FOIA is to the world and therefore the NHSBSA has to consider the overall impact of the disclosure and its duty of care. The expectation of the medical assessors is that they will remain anonymous and will therefore not be subject to contact or pressure from claimants or campaigning groups. Given the certainty that the name and/or GMC number will identify the medical assessor there is a reasonable expectation that this information will not be disclosed under the FOIA. Disclosing this information would be unfair and as such this would breach the UK General Data Protection Regulation first data protection principle. Please see the following link to view the section 40 exemption in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40 #Qualifications and experience The NHSBSA does not hold information on medical assessors' qualifications. This is because the medical qualifications and experience of the medical assessors are the responsibility of the third-party medical assessment supplier. I hope, however, that the following information provides reassurance on this point. All claims are assessed by the independent medical assessment supplier with a consistent approach. Each case is considered on its own merits, by an experienced independent medical assessor. The contract with our supplier does not require them to tell us details of the qualifications of the medical assessors or their experience. The contract requires that all assessments carried out are undertaken by suitably qualified and experienced registered medical practitioners. This includes being registered on the UK General Medical Council register, with a licence to practise and meet or exceed the following requirements: * they are a registered medical practitioner with at least five years’ post graduate experience; and * they have experience of the performance of medical and/ or disability assessment, addressing questions of causation and impact in the context of legislative or policy requirements to assist the decision maker #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.
##Request Thanks for the response [FOI-02329]. This is useful in and of itself. However, the NHSBA hasn’t answered any of the questions that we first asked, which are about annual allowance tax issues because of McCloud. Can I resubmit with the following please: 1. For doctors and dentists – how many have seen a reduction in their total AA input for the years 15/16 to 21/22? Can this be split between members of the 1995 and 2008 sections. 2. For doctors and dentists – how many have seen an increase in their total AA input for the years 15/16 to 21/22? Can this be split between members of the 1995 and 2008 sections. 3. How many have now exceeded the AA in 19/20 that didn’t before? 4. How many are now within the AA that were over before? You subsequently clarified your questions as follows: Questions 1 and 2: We would ultimately please like to know how many members have seen a net increase or a reduction, respectively, in their pension as a result of rollback. We would like this to please be split out for the 1995 / 2008 sections, and also by doctors and dentists respectively, i.e: Number of members who have seen input increase because of rollback: X • Number of doctors who have returned to the 1995 scheme and seen input increase because of rollback: X • Number of doctors who have returned to the 2008 section and seen input increase because of rollback: X • Number of dentists who have returned to the 1995 scheme and seen input increase because of rollback: X • Number of dentists who have returned to the 2008 section and seen input increase because of rollback: X And the same for decrease Question 3: The volume of all members whose pre-rollback growth was less than £40k, but post-rollback growth is greater than or equal to £40k in 19/20, 20/21 and 22/23. Sub-splits for dentists and doctors respectively. Question 4: How many members whose pre-rollback growth exceeded in at least one year between 15/16 and 21/22, and who now have no post-rollback growth exceeding in any year between 15/16 and 21/22. Sub-splits for dentists and doctors respectively. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your clarified request on 31 January 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. ###Questions 1 and 2: Number of members who have seen input increase or decrease because of rollback __Number of doctors who have returned to the 1995 scheme and seen input increase because of rollback__ 2,891 doctors from the 1995 section have seen an increase in their total Annual Allowance (AA) input for years 2015/16 to 2021/22 (inclusive) __Number of dentists who have returned to the 1995 scheme and seen input increase because of rollback__ 365 dentists from the 1995 section have seen an increase in their total AA input for years 2015/16 to 2021/22 (inclusive) __Number of doctors who have returned to the 2008 section and seen input increase because of rollback__ 4,006 doctors from the 2008 section have seen an increase in their total AA input for years 2015/16 to 2021/22 (inclusive) __Number of dentists who have returned to the 2008 section and seen input increase because of rollback__ 344 dentists from the 2008 section have seen an increase in their total AA input for years 2015/16 to 2021/22 (inclusive) __Number of doctors who have returned to the 1995 scheme and seen input decrease because of rollback__ 33,522 doctors from the 1995 section have seen a reduction in their total AA input for years 2015/16 to 2021/22 (inclusive) __Number of dentists who have returned to the 1995 scheme and seen input decrease because of rollback__ 3,894 dentists from the 1995 section have seen a reduction in their total AA input for years 2015/16 to 2021/22 (inclusive) __Number of doctors who have returned to the 2008 section and seen input decrease because of rollback__ 6,039 doctors from the 2008 section have seen a reduction in their total AA input for years 2015/16 to 2021/22 (inclusive) __Number of dentists who have returned to the 2008 section and seen input decrease because of rollback__ 1,438 dentists from the 2008 section have seen a reduction in their total AA input for years 2015/16 to 2021/22 (inclusive) ###Question 3: The volume of all members whose pre-rollback growth was less than £40k, but post-rollback growth is greater than or equal to £40k in 19/20, 20/21 and 22/23. Also sub-splits for dentists and doctors respectively. For 2019/20, 661 members (660 Doctors and 1 Dentist) have exceeded their AA post-rollback who did not exceed it pre-rollback. For 2020/21, 898 members (897 Doctors and 1 Dentist) have exceeded their AA post-rollback who did not exceed it pre-rollback. I have established that the figure for 2022/23 is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority. This cannot be identified as rollback only applied through to 31 March 2022. ###Question 4: How many members whose pre-rollback growth exceeded in at least one year between 15/16 and 21/22, and who now have no post-rollback growth exceeding in any year between 15/16 and 21/22. Sub-splits for dentists and doctors respectively. 4,120 members have exceeded AA in at least one year post-rollback, who didn’t exceed in any years pre-rollback. Of these, 87 were dentists and 4,033 were doctors. ###Caveats & Comments: Only members who have a complete AA calculation for both Pre-Rollback and Post-Rollback service are included, otherwise a comparison between the total input values would be impossible. Calculations for McCloud affected members are still ongoing. Members employment type is determined in priority order based on the type of service held, first checking for Doctor service, followed by Dentist service. It is possible a member may hold service of multiple types, but they will only be counted based on the first service type found. Members will be counted once in each year in which pensions growth values are held. They may not have a growth value for every year in question. For questions 1 and 2, the total sum of all pre-rollback growth values, for all years in the respective period, are compared to the total sum of all post-rollback growth values for the same period. ##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.
#Request _‘while I acknowledge your statement that independent medical assessors are GMC-registered doctors with a minimum of five years of experience, I must formally request clarification regarding their specific expertise in vaccine-related injuries and SIRVA (Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration)._ _1. Does the medical assessor assigned to my case have direct experience in post-vaccine neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and neurological complications?_ _2. Will my case be reviewed by a specialist in vaccine injuries, given the complexity of my medical evidence?’_ #Our response #Question 1 - does the medical assessor assigned to my case have direct experience in post-vaccine neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and neurological complications? 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. This is because the medical qualifications and experience of the medical assessors are the responsibility of the third-party medical assessment supplier. I hope, however, that the following information provides reassurance on this point: * all claims are assessed by the independent medical assessment company with a consistent approach * each case is considered on its own merits, by an experienced independent medical assessor The contract with our supplier does not require them to tell us details of the qualifications of the medical assessors or their experience. The contract requires that all assessments carried out are undertaken by suitably qualified and experienced Registered Medical Practitioners. This includes being registered on the UK General Medical Register (GMC), with a licence to practise and meet or exceed the following requirements: * they are a registered medical practitioner with at least five years post graduate experience; and * they have experience of the performance of medical and/ or disability assessment, addressing questions of causation and impact in the context of legislative or policy requirements to assist the decision maker #Question 2 - Will my case be reviewed by a specialist in vaccine injuries, given the complexity of my medical evidence? 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. This is because the assignment of claims for assessment to an assessor as well as the medical qualifications and experience of the medical assessors are the responsibility of the third-party medical assessment supplier. #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.
##Request Following receipt of my FOI request 02405 received in December 2024, can you now provide me with an updated spread sheet for the period October 2024 through to Decem 2024, by month, in the same format as previously supplied for all the dispensing appliance contractor ODS codes. Please can you provide the information in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. ##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. 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 October 2024 - December 2024 for the Appliance Contractor file This dataset This report consists of a management information file detailing monthly Appliance Contractor 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. 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-02624 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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: “Data Warehouse 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.
FOI 02624 DEC24 MIS APPLIANCE CONTRACTOR COMPLETED REQUEST
FOI 02624 OCT24 MIS APPLIANCE CONTRACTOR COMPLETED REQUEST
FOI 02624 NOV24 MIS APPLIANCE CONTRACTOR COMPLETED REQUEST
Thank you for your request for information about the following: Request How many MRCP(UK) applications have been withdrawn by the NHS recruitment team for reasons around administrative errors or incorrectly filled out forms? How many of these applications have been withdrawn by the recruitment team with no correspondence with the applicant prior to the application withdrawal? Is there an automatic withdrawal system if there are any administrative errors in an application form? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 20 February 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. We are unable to find any organisation account for Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK – MRCP(UK) and do not believe they recruit with NHS Jobs. Advice and assistance Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that MRCP(UK) may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at: Royal College of Physicians 11 St Andrews Place Regent's Park London NW1 4LE +44 (0)20 3075 1649 https://www.rcp.ac.uk/about-us/contact-us/ 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-02606 Your personal details will be removed from the published response.
The Dispensing Practice Name and Address dataset is produced monthly and provides the name and address details of dispensing practices for each primary care organisation at Sub Integrated Care Board Level (SICBL). It also includes: • how many GPs are in each practice and how many of them are dispensing GPs • practice name • practice address A dispensing practice is defined as a practice with at least one active dispensing GP. The information NHS Prescription Services hold on practices is supplied to NHS Prescription Services by primary care organisations (PCOs). You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the [Dispensing Practice Name and Address data dictionary (XLSX: 12KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/Dispensing%20Practice%20Name%20Address%20Data%20Dictionary.xlsx) This data was previously published on the NHSBSA Information Services Portal. Changes have been made to the data since migration to the Open Data Portal and you can read about these changes in the [Dispensing Practice Name and Address migration changes documentation (ODT: 217KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/Dispensing%20Practice%20Name%20and%20Address%20Migration%20Changes.odt).
##Request You asked us: For the period July to December 2024 inclusive, for prescriptions prescribed in England and dispensed in England by Dispensing Doctors could you please provide figures for: The total number of prescription items reimbursed The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 7 The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 14 The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 28 The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 56 The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 84 The total number of prescription items with a quantity of 112 Your request was clarified as follows: • Omit special containers and just have those items as prescribed • I don’t need a breakdown by product, it’s just the number of items The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your clarified request on 13 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our 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: 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 Aggregated monthly data for July 2024 – December 2024 ###Organisation Data The data is for items prescribed and dispensed in England by English Dispensing Doctors. ###Data This dataset is limited to show all items and also those items where the quantities of 7, 14, 28, 56, 84 and 112 were prescribed along with the formulation of those items. ###Formulation Description Indicates the formulation for a product prescribed, as assigned by the NHS BSA’s Dictionary of Medicines and Devices. ###Quantity Quantity normally shows the quantity of a product prescribed. However, where a product is packed in a 'special container'(see Drug Tariff Part II Clause 10) the dispenser is not required to split the pack and may supply the number of containers or original packs which provide the quantity nearest to that prescribed. In some circumstances these items show quantity as the number of units supplied i.e. 1 or 2 even though a pack may contain 56 tablets. ###Items Shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. ##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: “ePACT2, 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.
##Request You asked us: Can I request the information previously supplied under FOI Request [FOI-01897](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01897) but for the period March 2024 to the most recent month where this data is available? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 27 January 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response ###March to September 2024 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 at the following web link: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02368 Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 ###Remaining Information 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 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. ###Time Period All prescribing from April 2015 – September 2024 was used to find prior prescribing, with first prescribing data between October 2024 and November 2024 ###Organisation Data The data is for prescriptions dispensed in the community in England. ###BNF Code 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). ###Drugs and appliances Limited to BNF Codes beginning with 2128, Anal Irrigation System Only for the first prescription issued to a patient who have never received a prescription for any of these items in any other time periods The NHSBSA does not hold data showing a patient’s first prescribing of a given drug. This has been calculated by excluding all patients with prescribing in BNF Codes beginning with 2128 in the data Warehouse prior to October 2024. Patients first prescribing has been found using the prescribed date recorded on a prescription. If this has not been captured during processing (usually on a paper prescription) then the end of the month the prescription was claimed to be dispensed in is used. For a further tie break the first prescription is chosen by internal alphanumeric coding for prescriber, then dispenser, then drug/appliance name. From this the first prescribing the prescriber, dispenser and drug are shown. Please note that if a patient has received more than one prescription for the same presentation in the same period from the same practice and dispenser, each of these prescriptions would be included. ###Identified Patients Prescriptions are only included in the data if an NHS number was captured during processing so patients with prescribing prior to September 2024 can be excluded. For the whole time period, 91.53% of items on prescriptions within the limits of the dataset had an identified patient. For the data from October 2024, 97.71% of items on prescriptions had an identified patient. ###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. ##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: “Data Warehouse, 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.
##Request You asked us: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I was wondering if you would be able to develop on top of the FOI Request FOI-01537, FOI-01681, FOI-01795 , FOI-01900, FOI-01931, FOI-02008, FOI-02060, FOI-02143, FOI-02299 and FOI-02530. BNF Chapter 20-22 and Chapter 23: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01537 (April 2023 - September 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01681 (October 2023 - November 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01795 (December 2023 - January 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01900 (February 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01931 (January 2024 - March 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02008 (April 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02060 (May 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02143 (June 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02299 (July 2024 - August 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02381 (September 2024) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02530 (October 2024 - November 2024) 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. Would it be possible for the data to be limited to prescribing within BNF Chapter 20 - Dressings, Chapter 21 – Appliances and Chapter 22 – Incontinence Appliances, 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. • 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. Could we have the same caveats so that the data matches with the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD). Would it be possible to have the data in the same format for December 2024 please? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 20 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested, and a copy is attached. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. ###Caveats 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. ###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 drugs flagged in our database as Schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs have been excluded from this dataset for information security reasons to prevent the identification of organisations with high levels of controlled drug dispensing. This data is limited to prescriptions prescribed in England and dispensed in either England, Scotland or Wales. ###Time Period December 2024 ###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. ###SNOMED_CONCEPT_ID SNOMED CT is an internationally recognised coding system for electronic health records, which enables information to be shared between clinical systems in an easy, secure and accurate manner. SNOMED CT contains clinical terms for all aspects of NHS activity, from procedures and symptoms, through to clinical measurements, diagnoses and medications. ###VMP_VMPP_AMP_AMPP VMP / VMPP / AMP / AMPP indicates if the row of data relates to a virtual (VMP) or actual (AMP) product. With VMP and AMP at presentation level and VMPP and AMPP being at pack level. ###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/Alderney, 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. ##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: “Data Warehouse, 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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘We would like to request the details of all vacancies/positions that have been available through NHS Jobs: 1. Consultant in General Surgery 2. Available around the Greater London area e.g. • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust • North London NHS Foundation Trust • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust • Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • Whittington Health NHS Trust • Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust • North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust • Barts Health NHS Trust, East London NHS Foundation Trust • Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust • North East London NHS Foundation Trust • Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust • Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust • London Ambulance Service NHS Trust • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • West London NHS Trust • Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust • King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust • Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust • Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust • St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South West London • St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. 3. Full time and part-time 4. Between 17 October 2023 to date We should be grateful if you would kindly include the information set out below in any table complied: 1. Name of organisation 2. Vacancy reference number 3. Job title 4. Staff group 5. Salary 6. AfC banding 7. Date published 8. Date closed 9. Duration (i.e. bank shifts/permanent/fixed term for X months) 10. Vacancy site (i.e. the hospital/site the position was held)’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 6 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##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. The information has been filtered on the following criteria: ##Jobs Adverts Published 17 October 2023 to 3 February 2025. ##Location Greater London area as a whole. ##Job Title Contains ‘General Surgery’. ##Pay Scale Consultant. ##Organisations Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, North London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Whittington Health NHS Trust, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, East London NHS Foundation Trust, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, West London NHS Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South West London, St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. ##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. ##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.
##Request Please could I put in a FOI request for Islington’s Healthy Start ward level uptake data from June 2024- December 2024? Please could I request ward level data for January 2025 separately too? ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested, and a copy of the information is attached. 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-02546 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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.
##Request I am requesting your assistance under the Freedom of Information Act and hope that this request is able to be fulfilled reasonably easily. I would like the same query as in FOI Request reference FOI-02364 , however I would like this for October, November and December 2024 data - so each of those data months ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds information meeting the description specified in your request. However, I estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the non-central Government limit of £450. In determining that your request has exceeded the cost threshold we have considered previous requests received by you on a similar theme within the previous 60 working days. The previous request, FOI-02364, was requested on 4 November 2024. We wrote out for clarification on 25 November 2024 and this was received on 4 December 2024. This FOI took the full 18 hour limit given that new bespoke code had to be written and tested to extract the analysis required. The limit has been specified in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the NHSBSA holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information. Under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, the NHSBSA is not obliged to comply with your request and I am writing to advise that we will not be processing your request further. Please see the below web link which shows the full exemption: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/12 Advice and assistance It may be more efficient to request these each quarter, as this would likely avoid you reaching your limit in the amount of time it takes us to produce the data. By asking for the data less frequently you are reducing the proportion of your 18 hour limit which is spent supplying updates. This may be useful if more bespoke code needs to be written and tested when your analysis of our data leads to more questions. Please advise if you would you like to resubmit your request as of the date of your reply now that the 18 hour threshold has passed? 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-02597 Your personal details will be removed from the published response.
Dataset Description The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) hosts and publishes Secondary Care Medicines Data on behalf of NHS England (NHSE). This dataset provides ‘Finalised’ Secondary Care Medicines data on processed pharmacy stock control data medicines in all NHS Acute, Teaching, Specialist, Mental Health and Community Trusts in England. RX info is responsible for refreshing the ‘Provisional’ data after the close of the financial year to include accounting for backtracking. It reflects validated and complete figures for each reporting period, incorporating updates and corrections made throughout the year. The finalised dataset becomes the definitive record for each month and year, providing the most reliable figures on medicines issued. While we do not analyse changes, users can compare the finalised dataset to the provisional data to identify any differences. Key Components of the Data Quantities of Medicines Issued: Details the total quantities of medicines stock control via NHS Secondary Care services. Indicative Costs: Actual costs cannot be displayed in the dataset as NHS Hospital pricing contracts and NICE Patient Access Schemes are confidential. The indicative cost of medicines is derived from current medicines pricing data held in NHSBSA data systems (Common Drug Reference and dm+d), calculated to VMP level. Indicative costs are calculated using: Community pharmacy reimbursement prices for generic medicines. List prices for branded medicines. Care should be taken when interpreting and analysing this indicative cost as it does not reflect the net actual cost of NHS Trusts, which will differ due to the application of confidential discounts, rebates, or procurement agreements paid by hospitals when purchasing medicines. Standardisation with SNOMED CT and dm+d: SNOMED CT (Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms) is used to enhance the dataset’s compatibility with electronic health record systems and clinical decision support tools. SNOMED CT is a globally recognised coding system that provides precise definitions for clinical terms, ensuring interoperability across healthcare systems. Trust-Level Data: Data is broken down by individual NHS Trusts, enabling regional comparisons, benchmarking, and targeted analysis of specific Trusts. Medicine Identification: Medicines in the dataset are identified using Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP) codes from the Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d): VMP_PRODUCT_NAME: The name of the Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP) as defined by the dm+d, which includes key details about the product. For example: Paracetamol 500mg tablets. VMP_SNOMED_CODE: The code for the Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP), providing a unique identifier for each product. For example: 42109611000001109 represents Paracetamol 500mg tablets. You can access the provisional files for comparative purposes in our Provisional Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with indicative price dataset. Dataset Details Service Overview Information about our NHSBSA Prescriptions Data service can be found here - Prescription data | NHSBSA The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) publishes this dataset, provided by RX Info, which contains information about pharmacy stock control in NHS Secondary Care settings across England on behalf of NHS England. It includes data from NHS Trusts and is in a standardised dm+d format (Dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d) | NHSBSA). For further context about the Secondary Care Medicines Data, you can explore the following resources: Secondary Care Medicines Data Release Guidance v0.5 (Word: 78.3KB) RX Info: RX Info is the provider of the data related to pharmacy stock control medicines issued in NHS Secondary Care settings, which is made available by NHSBSA. Visit RX Info's website for more details. Data Source The data is sourced from NHS Trusts' pharmacy stock control systems which capture detailed records of medicines issued, including quantities. The data is provided to NHSBSA by RX Info, a data provider that supplies records on medicines issued in NHS Secondary Care settings. Data quality controls are in place to exclude transactions flagged as outliers, non-standardised items and zero activity. No personal or patient-identifiable information is included, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. Rx-Info will provide a complete annual refresh of the data two months after the close of a financial year, planned for the end May, which will then be the fixed data set accounting for backtracking. The data for the finalised view is provided to NHSBSA. Data Collection Data is from NHS England sites only and provided under the agreement entered into by Trusts and Rx-Info (Define) facilitated by NHS England. The data owners and data controllers are the respective NHS Trusts. Time Periods Publication frequency: Finalised data is typically uploaded annually in July, covering a full financial year once updates are complete. Each file represents a 12-month reporting period, enabling users to analyse trends across the entire year. Users wishing to be notified when the data is updated are encouraged to register for a free account on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal and Follow the dataset. Historical Data: Data is available from April 2019 onwards. Geography NHS Trusts in England. Statistical Classification This is not an official statistic. A related official statistic can be found in our Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community publication which includes Secondary Care Medicines data with actual cost, broken down by British National Formulary (BNF) Section. Caveats Information: Interpreting 'Cost' Data Cost Limitations and Interpretation Indicative Costs: The costs in this dataset are indicative and do not reflect the net actual cost (including discounts and rebates) paid by hospitals when purchasing medicines. Due to confidential procurement agreements, the indicative costs will overestimate total NHS hospital expenditure. These figures are most useful for trend analysis rather than precise cost predictions. Cost Growth: Growth estimates based on this dataset should be interpreted with caution. Discounts and rebates affect both spending levels and growth rates, meaning that observed cost trends may not fully represent actual NHS expenditure patterns. Information: Scope of Medicines Data The dataset does not include medicines prescribed in primary care (e.g., GP surgeries) or private healthcare providers, or NHS prescriptions supplied by hospitals dispensed in community pharmacy. Information: Data Responsibility NHS Business Services Authority publish this data on behalf of NHS England and are therefore not able to provide analytical support or interpretation of the data. This data is provided by individual NHS Trusts via the Rx-Info system. Information: Further Guidance Additional information is available in the Secondary Care Medicines Data Release Guidance v0.5 (Word: 78.3KB) documentation. Enquiries Who can I contact if I have queries relating to the data? If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the name of the dataset for reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. Citing and Reusing This Data Important information regarding 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/or other applicable law. You may use the data freely, provided that you attribute the source. Citation NHS Business Services Authority. " Finalised Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with indicative price " NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: [https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/finalised-secondary-care-medicines-data-scmd-with-indicative-price](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/finalised-secondary-care-medicines-data-scmd-with-indicative-price)
Finalised Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with indicative price
#Request _What is the UOA value of the orthodontics practices part of the Saltaire Orthodontics group in north Leeds._ ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached. This report contains the details from FP17s processed for the period stated 2024/2025 in the Saltaire Orthodontic Practices, West Yorkshire ICB. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Commissioner Code: This is the 3 character code associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs) Commissioner Name: This is the name associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This is a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs)) Contract Number: This is a unique 10 character number which identifies a contract. Provider Name: The name of the provider Contract Type: Either GDS – General Dental Services, PDS – Personal Dental Services or PDS Plus – Personal Dental Services Plus Financial Year: The financial year associated with the 'Year Month' dimension in the format 'YYYY/YYYY' e.g. 2018/2019 for 201804. Contract Start Date: The start date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS. Contract End Date: The end date of the contract, as recorded on CoMPASS (only where an end date has been entered on CoMPASS). UOA Performance Target: The contracted units of orthodontic activity to be achieved for the year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. Principal Practice Address - Lines 1-6: This is the main address used for correspondence between the NHSBSA and the dental contract, it is not necessarily the address where treatment takes place. UOA Financial Value: The financial value associated with the UOA performance target for the financial year, as entered on CoMPASS by the PCO. Cost per UOA: This shows the cost per unit of orthodontic activity at the contract. This is calculated by dividing the UOA Financial Value by the UOA Performance Target. __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.
##Request You asked us: This is a follow up request to the request to provide the NHS Business Services Authority's submission to Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index for 2023 which resulted in the NHSBSA coming 4th in the Stonewall Top 100 Employers 2023 which was subject to ICO decision IC-272367-R1F8 . Please can you provide this document with redactions only as allowed by the ICO in that decision. Please confirm that that the disclosure is in compliance with that notice and includes information that does not engage section 43(2) , 36(2)(b)(ii) , 36(2)(c) , 40(2) of FOIA, and also includes all the information NHSBSA advised ICO it is now prepared to disclose. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 19 January 2025 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. Question three of FOI-01299 contains all information relevant to your request including the exemptions used. The web page was updated following IC-272367-R1F8, and remains in compliance with the ICO decision notice. The attachments at the end of the web page are available to download under the ‘Data and Resources’ section. The information you requested is available from: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01299 Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘Can you please tell me how many of these penalties you have issued since the introduction of UC to this date?’ On 17 January 2025 we sent you the following clarification request Can you please clarify if you require information on penalty charge notices (PCNs) for all exemption categories or only Universal Credit PCNs? Can you also please confirm the date you require the information from (‘the introduction of UC’)? On 23 January 2025 you clarified your request as follows ‘Only universal credit. From the introduction’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 19 December 2024. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response We issued 96,489 Penalty Charge Notices between 23 February 2024 and 29 January 2025, to people who claimed Universal Credit on their Dental Treatment Form. Please note, we adapted our process in late 2023 to check against people who had claimed Universal Credit on their dental treatment form. Therefore, we did not issue any Penalty Charge Notices prior to 23 February 2024 for those who had claimed Universal Credit. The Penalty Charge Notices were issued as no valid exemption or benefit was found. The Penalty Charge Notices were issued following an enquiry letter where no exemption or benefit was provided by the patient. We may have issued Penalty Charge Notices to people in receipt of Universal Credit who claimed a different exemption on their dental treatment form, however, no exemption or benefit was found as part of our matching process. ##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. ##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.
#Request _I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from NHS Business Services Authority:_ _1a) How many Planned Treatment S2 claims were paid for each calendar year: 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024?_ _1b) How much money (£GBP) was claimed for against Planned Treatment S2 entitlements for each calendar year: 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024?_ _2a) How many Maternity S2 claims were paid for each calendar year: 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024?_ _2b) How much money (£GBP) was claimed for against Maternity S2 entitlements for each calendar year: 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024?_ _NOTE: For both Qs above, please may you also breakdown the number of claims by each country; and how much money was paid to each country?_ On the 29 January 2025 you clarified the following: _For question 1a, please may you provide the number of claims that were approved for payment?_ _And the same for 1b, the amount approved for payment by the EU and EFTA countries and Switzerland for the years requested._ ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the is attached. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. These caveats apply to all questions in this FOI unless specified. • Treatments are included in the year that the S2 was validated by NHSBSA • The amounts were approved for payment in local currencies. For your convenience we have converted to £GBP based on an exchange rate when the country was paid. • For approximately 6% of S2 claims there was insufficient information to allocate them against Maternity or Planned Treatment. These have been included as unallocated in the relevant questions. • For the breakdown of S2 treatments by country, countries are only included if there was an S2 processed for that country. __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.
##Request Under the FOIA can I please request the following information: 1 Physiotherapy night on call (NOC) stand by rate 2 Pharmacy NOC stand by rate 3 Radiography NOC stand by rate Per each category 1-2-3 could you also let me know: A- When was this rate of pay last reviewed? B- Does this increase yearly and by how much? C- What is the rate of pay for being called into the hospital per hour? D- Does this vary by Agenda for Change Banding? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 17 January 2025. ##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 NHS Business Services Authority. Advice and Assistance However, it may be possible that contacting the appropriate NHS Trust could provide you with some or all the information you require. On-call pay calculations are not nationally agreed, instead payments are agreed locally so each NHS trust will likely have their own on-call policy. If your request concerns information from St Georges NHS Trust, they can be contacted at: St Georges University Hospitals’ NHS Foundation Trust 1st Floor Grosvenor Wing Room 1.026 Blackshaw Road London SW17 0QT Website: https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/about/foi/ 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-02523 Your personal details will be removed from the published response.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act: Since the Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service was first commissioned in 2021: • How many pharmacies in England have been investigated to establish the legitimacy of their fee claims? • What sums have been reclaimed from which pharmacies? Please break this down by the individual pharmacy and the date fees were reclaimed. • Have any pharmacies been stopped from providing the service for any period of time? I would like to have figures covering the period October 2021 to end of 31/1/25 please.’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 14 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. ##Question 1 - How many pharmacies in England have been investigated to establish the legitimacy of their fee claims? There have been 32 pharmacies reviewed to establish the legitimacy of their fee claims for the Hypertension service. ##Question 2 - What sums have been reclaimed from which pharmacies? Please break this down by the individual pharmacy and the date fees were reclaimed. A copy of the data is attached. ##Question 3 - Have any pharmacies been stopped from providing the service for any period of time? No pharmacies have been stopped from providing the service. ##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. ##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.
Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service
##Request I am seeking a breakdown of data held on domiciliary NHS dental care delivered in i) England and ii) Wales from 2016/17 to 2023/24 Please provide total for i) delivered Domiciliary FP17s and ii) Contracted Domiciliary Visits for each nation. For England please also provide a breakdown on both metrics to ICB levels for the years stated. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 24 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our 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. This report contains the details from General FP17s processed for the reporting years 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023 & 2023/2024 in England & Wales. Excludes Prison Contracts. Includes Foundation Dentists. The information within the report includes the data items and descriptions listed below. Data based on year-end methodology. Year-end methodology will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April to June, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April and 31 March of the year. For example, 2018-19 will include all activity data (including amendments) collected from FP17s scheduled in any of the fifteen schedule months from April 2018 to June 2019, where the date of completion is on or between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Where FP17s do not have a date of completion, e.g. where the patient has failed to return to complete the treatment, the date of acceptance is used. __Reporting Year:__ The financial year which the activity/contracted services relate to. __Country Name:__ This is the Country name where the contract is located. __Commissioner Code:__ This is the 3-character code associated with the Commissioning Organisation. This a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs) __Total FP17s:__ This is a count of the number of FP17s scheduled including adjustments for amended and deleted FP17s. Withdrawn FP17s are not included in the total count of FP17s. This figure may be zero or negative if deleted FP17s have been processed. __FP17s with Domiciliary Services:__ This is a count of the number of forms submitted which included domiciliary services. This is based on the Treatment Category as recorded in part 6 of the FP17. Domiciliary dental care is dental treatment that is provided in the patient’s home. Patients who have severe mobility problems that make it very difficult for them to leave their home for treatment would benefit from domiciliary dental care where a dentist visits their home and provides dental treatment. __Domiciliary Services rate per 100 FP17s:__ FP17s with Domiciliary Services / Total FP17s*100. __Performance Target:__ The target associated with the service line for the financial year e.g. UDAs, UOAs, CoTs etc., as entered on CoMP. __Service Line Name:__ The service name/description as maintained by CoMPASS. ##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.
##Request## Could you send me a copy of the code of practice the Assessor is governed by. ##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 All claims are claim assessed by a General Medical Council (GMC) registered doctor. The GMC is an independent body that regulates doctors to ensure they meet the standards for good medical practice and protect the public. To practise in the UK, doctors must meet the following requirements: • be registered with the GMC • have the right knowledge, skills, qualifications, and experience • continue to meet the professional standards set by the GMC • demonstrate competence • keep their knowledge and skills up to date The full set of standards a GMC register doctor must comply with are available on the GMC website at: https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/the-professional-standards
#Request _I'm enquiring if you have a definitive and up to date list of pharmacy chains where Healthy Start card holders can access the vitamin supplements available as part of the scheme?_ _(I ask because some of the related information on the relevant web pages doesn't appear to be quite up to date, and because the find function isn't a suitable means by which to identify participating pharmacy chains – because such requires individual post codes by location to be entered prior to generating results, but doesn't identify participating retailer chains or pharmacy chains)._ _We wish to use such information as part of a campaign the authority's Public Health function is planning for the New Year._ ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached. We do hold a list of vitamin distributors who have requested that their details are available to view on www.nhs.uk. Please be advised that we cannot say that this is the definitive, up-to-date list, of all distributors who are signed up to provide vitamins under the scheme. The list includes all vitamin distributors who may have contacted the NHSBSA dating back to 2019. To explain, when a vitamin distributor contacts the NHSBSA to request changes, such as new distribution points, removal of distribution points or updates to contact details, the NHSBSA will update this list and send this to NHS England who are responsible for Find healthy start vitamins services https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/other-health-services/healthy-start-vitamins - NHS (formerly NHS Choices). Vitamin distributors can also inform NHS England directly and the NHSBSA would not get sight of this. Consequently, the NHSBSA are only aware of updates if we are informed by vitamin distributors. We also cannot confirm if the list held by NHS England is the definitive, up-to-date list; however, you may wish to redirect your request to them directly. They can be contacted by: Post: NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT; or Email: england.contactus@nhs.net’ __Advice and Assistance:__ The following additional information may be useful to explain the roles and responsibilities for Healthy Start: The NHSBSA is responsible for delivering the NHS Healthy Start scheme. Beneficiaries of the scheme will receive a prepaid card which allows them to buy permitted Healthy Start foods and as a beneficiary of the scheme, provides access to free Healthy Start vitamins. The NHSBSA provides a function to procure a manufacture to make the vitamins. This is commercially managed by the NHSBSA, and the supply of the vitamins is via the NHS Supply Chain who stock and store the vitamins. Vitamin levels are monitored and reported to the NHSBSA. The NHSBSA signposts Healthy Start beneficiaries looking to obtain vitamins to speak to their Midwife or Health Visitor on their website: www.healthystart.nhs.uk/getting-vitamins/. In England, the provision of vitamins to Healthy Start beneficiaries is the responsibility of a NHS Trust, Integrated Care Board or Local Authority. These organisations can instruct Pharmacies, Foodbanks, Family Hubs or other organisations to distribute the vitamins to eligible families on their behalf. If a Health Service Body distributes vitamins, it is their responsibility to inform Healthy Start beneficiaries within their area how to obtain them. There are different ways to get free vitamins if you live in Wales and Northern Ireland. This information is available on our website: www.healthystart.nhs.uk/getting-vitamins/.’ __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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘1) I would like to know the standard operating procedure for applications for ill health retirement. In particular I would like to see how ill health retirement applications are prioritised over planned applications in terms of operating procedures, policies, performance targets, reporting and training. 2) I would also like to know for the last 24 months performance for a) terminally ill members IHR application b) tier 2 members IHR application c) tier 1 members IHR applications d) non ill health retirement application. The performance measure should include days from receipt of AW8 to advice letter and payment.’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 31 January 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response ##Question 1 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. ##How ill health retirement applications are prioritised over non ill health applications. NHS Pensions has a dedicated team who process Ill Health Retirements, this team is separate from the team that processes “planned” retirements. If NHS Pensions is notified that a member’s life expectancy is less than 12 month, there is a fast track process in place to prioritise these. The following link advises the current processing times within NHS Pensions - https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/current-processing-times-nhs-pensions ##Question 2 We have considered this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and are issuing a refusal notice under section 17 of the FOIA. The NHSBSA does hold the requested information; however, we estimate that the cost of compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit under section 12 of the FOIA. We estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the non-central Government limit of £450. The limit has been specified in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the NHSBSA holds the information, and locating, retrieving, extracting and checking the information. To determine the date an AW8 (or AW8P) was received, we would need to manually interrogate each record. Since 1 January 2023, the below figures show how many members have had an award payable. These figures are based off when the award was implemented. Non-ill health – 139,452 Serious ill health – 517 Tier 1 ill health – 3,238 Tier 2 ill health – 2,844 Total – 146,051 We estimate it would take 5 minutes to manually interrogate each record. 146,051 x 5 minutes = 730,255 minutes (12,170 hours) ##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. ##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.
##Dataset Description The Contractor Details dataset is published monthly and contains a list of pharmacy and appliance contractors includes contractors for England, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. The list of contractors is based on information attached to NHS geographies, such as Regions and Integrated Care Board (ICBs) as of the published month. Community pharmacies who submit FP10PCD forms require a private controlled drug account number which should be used when submitting these forms. This account number should also be used for submitting CD requisition forms and is a different account to the NHS account number used by contractors to submit NHS prescriptions. Contractors indicated as 'Private - NHS Prescription Services only' captures private prescribing information for controlled drugs Schedule 2 and 3 (Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001) for information purposes. In December 2024, this dataset was updated to include the additional fields of Region, Region code, Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) code and name, Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC) code, LPC name, Dispenser Account Type, Contractor Type, and flags for Distance Selling, 100-hours Pharmacies, Out-of-Hours Dispensers and LPS. These enhancements aim to streamline access to information and reduce the volume of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests as the newly included fields are frequently sought through such requests. The expanded dataset now provides a more comprehensive overview of contractor details. This data was previously published on the NHSBSA Information Services Portal prior to November 2023. Changes have been made to the data since migration to the Open Data Portal and you can read about these changes in the [Contractor Details migration changes]( https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/Contractor%20Details%20Migration%20Changes%20-%20November%202023.odt). ## Service Overview Information about our NHSBSA Prescriptions Data service can be found here - [Prescription data | NHSBSA](https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/prescription-data). ##Data Source NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse ##Data Collection The dataset is provided from Primary Care Support England (PCSE) to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for the operational purpose of reimbursing and remunerating dispensing contractors for the costs of supplying drugs and devices, and providing essential and advanced services, to NHS patients. ## Time Period Monthly files containing data from July 2022 onwards. ## Geography Includes contractors for England, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. ## Caveats Data is as accurate as the data held by the NHSBSA data warehouse at the time of publishing each month. Total figures may not agree month to month due to openings and closures resulting in pharmacies changing group size or where backdated amendments are made. The 100 hour flag indicates that the pharmacy was originally established as 100hour contract. These pharmacies may now operate between 72-100 hours per week. Please note that HWB boards are only assigned to the information we hold on BSA databases at the time of publishing, currently we do not hold information of this kind for Private or Out of Hours Contractors, neither do we hold this for Contractors outside of England. NHS and Private will have a unique ‘F-Code’ account, however, typically the same address will be present. The Contractor Details reflects Contractors who were open on the last day of the time period provided. ## Citation NHS Business Services Authority. "Contractor Details" NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/contractor-details **Important Update: Changes to the Contractor Details Dataset** The Contractor Details dataset has now been updated. If you currently use this dataset, please be aware that changes are now in effect that may affect your usage. To learn more about what’s changing, read our pre-publication article: [Coming Soon: Updated Contractor Details Dataset](https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/news/coming-soon-updated-pharmacy-contractor-details-dataset). Please note that historical data files will not be retrospectively updated with these changes.
*Data file published prior to December 2024 updates
#Request _I would like the same information as you provided in FOI 25464 when you supplied me with data on items dispensed by appliance contractor for a 36 month period to March 2022. Please could you repeat this for the period October 2024 to December 2024 being the most recent month. Please refer to earlier request for the exact specification._ ##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. __Dispensing at English Appliance Contractors for BNF Chapter 21 Appliances, 22 Incontinence Appliances and 23 Stoma Appliances at presentation level from October 2024 to December 2024.__ 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 October 2024 to December 2024 __Organisation Data:__ The data is for prescriptions dispensed by Appliance Contractors in the community in England. __BNF Code:__ 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). __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. __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: “ePACT2, 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.
##This dataset is retired This now retired dataset provides Secondary Care Medicines data on processed pharmacy stock control data in NHS Trusts across England. For regularly updated data which includes indicative costs, users can instead access the Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with Indicative Price or the soon to be available Finalised Secondary Care Medicines Data with Indicative Price. Retired SCMD Data Information - Reference Only We are making changes to the Secondary Care Medicines data (SCMD). No new monthly data files will be added to this page. We currently publish Secondary Care Medicines Data in two locations on the Open Data Portal. We are consolidating this so that we will only provide one version of the SCMD. The version that we will continue to publish is the SCMD with an indicative price metric. The dataset with indicative price was in the Experiment Area theme and has been moved into the Hospital & Provider Medicines theme. This dataset page will then be retired. Secondly, the data we publish has been in a monthly provisional format. We hold a yearly and validated final version of this data in our data warehouse. We will be removing all of the provisional monthly files for previous years and will publish the finalised monthly files instead. For example, all 12 provisional monthly files from 2020 will be removed and will be replaced with 12 final monthly files for the whole of 2020. Provisional monthly files will continue to be published for the current year until the finalised yearly file is available. In summary: We now publish only one SCMD, and it is the version with indicative price included. We will remove all provisional monthly files for previous years and publish the finalised monthly files instead. We continue to publish provisional files for the current year until we receive the finalised yearly file. ##Dataset Description The retired dataset contains the following key components: Quantities of Medicines Issued: Details the total quantities of medicines stock control via NHS Secondary Care services. Standardisation with SNOMED CT and dm+d: SNOMED CT (Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms) is used to enhance the dataset’s compatibility with electronic health record systems and clinical decision support tools. SNOMED CT is a globally recognised coding system that provides precise definitions for clinical terms, ensuring interoperability across healthcare systems. NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices, dm+d codes are used for medicines standardisation, offering a structured format for identifying medicines and their associated attributes (e.g., strength, form, route of administration). Together, SNOMED CT and dm+d enable seamless integration of this dataset with clinical systems and improve the dataset’s usability for healthcare providers and researchers. Trust-Level Data: Data is broken down by individual NHS Trusts, enabling regional comparisons, benchmarking, and targeted analysis of specific Trusts. Medicine Identification: Medicines in the dataset are identified using Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP) codes from the Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d): VMP_PRODUCT_NAME: The name of the Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP) as defined by the dm+d, which includes key details about the product. For example: Paracetamol 500mg tablets. VMP_SNOMED_CODE: The code for the Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP), providing a unique identifier for each product. For example: 42109611000001109 represents Paracetamol 500mg tablets. By making this data publicly available, the NHSBSA aims to enhance transparency, accountability, and the effective use of NHS resources. Overview of Service Information about our NHSBSA Prescriptions Data service can be found here - Prescription data | NHSBSA The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) publishes this dataset, provided by RX Info, which contains information about pharmacy stock control in NHS secondary care settings across England on behalf of NHS England. It includes data from NHS Trusts and is standardised using the Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) format. For further context about the Secondary Care Medicines Data, you can explore the following resources: Secondary Care Medicines Data Release Guidance v0.5 (Word: 78.3KB) RX Info: RX Info is the provider of the data related to pharmacy stock control medicines issued in NHS Secondary Care settings, which is made available by NHSBSA. Visit RX Info's website for more details. Data Source The data is sourced from NHS Trusts' pharmacy stock control systems which capture detailed records of medicines issued, including quantities. The data is provided to NHSBSA by RX Info, a data provider that supplies records on medicines issued in NHS Secondary Care settings. Data quality controls are in place to exclude transactions flagged as outliers, non-standardised items and zero activity. No personal or patient-identifiable information is included, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. Data Collection Data is from NHS England sites only and provided under the agreement entered into by Trusts and Rx-Info (Define) facilitated by NHS England. The data owners and data controllers are the respective NHS Trusts. Time Period Monthly files covering January 2019 to December 2022 Geography NHS Trusts in England Caveats Further understanding of the information provided can be found in the guidance: Secondary Care Medicines Data Release Guidance v0.5 (Word: 78.3KB) Exclusions: The dataset does not include medicines prescribed in primary care (e.g., GP surgeries) or private healthcare providers, or NHS prescriptions supplied by hospitals dispensed in community pharmacy. NHS Business Services are publishing this data on behalf of NHS England and are not able to provide analytical support or interpretation of the data which is provided by individual NHS Trusts into the Rx-Info system. Related Data and Statistics Our Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community official statistics publication also includes Secondary Care Medicines data with actual cost, broken down by British National Formulary (BNF) Section. Citation NHS Business Services Authority. "[Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD)]" NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed [Date Accessed]. URL: [https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/secondary-care-medicines-data]. 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.
##Request How many Anticoagulation clinics are there in the UK? Can I have a copy of their all their contact details? ##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 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/ 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-02607 Your personal details will be removed from the published response.
##Request You asked us: The number of COVID vaccinations carried out and payments made for these vaccinations to individual pharmacies, listed by their ODS code and with full postal address details. Could you provide the data for the month of January 2025 in EXCEL format please. The data should be: Column1--Administration Month Column2--ODS Code Column3--Pharmacy Name Column4--Pharmacy Trading Name Column5--Pharmacy Address Column6--Pharmacy Post Code Column7-- Number of Vaccinations Claimed Column8--Number of Vaccinations Paid Column9--Payment Amount GB The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 11 February 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our 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. __Data source: NHSBSA Data Warehouse__ The NHSBSA calculates payments for covid vaccinations to pharmacies and Primary Care Network (PCN) groupings in England. Each month, vaccine providers submit claims to request payment based on the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Service COVID-19 vaccination programme specification ('the service specification'). Data included in this request is limited to vaccinations carried out by pharmacies only. Data included in this request is also limited to vaccinations administered in January 2025. The vaccine data is the latest held in the NHSBSA Data Warehouse. Pharmacy names and address details are as held in NHSBSA systems as at 20 February 2025. Payments comprise an Item of Service fee and potentially a Supplementary fee. Payments do not relate to the value of the drugs dispensed. Payment data includes payments made and those scheduled for payment in the future. Scheduled payments are provisional and may be subject to change before being made. The total used for the payment calculation may not match the totals shown in 'live' Point of Care (POC) systems or MYS that continue to receive updates after the snapshot used to calculate payments was taken. Please note that some vaccinations attract a supplementary fee, so it is not possible to determine the number of vaccinations by dividing the total paid by the basic Item of Service (IoS) fee. This data does not include any adjustments made by NHSBSA Provider Assurance as part of any post payment verification exercise. These adjustments are made at account level and may relate to several months of activity. It is possible for new records from old administration months to be entered in the future, thus the totals here for each administration month could change when more data is processed. The columns provided are: __Administration Month -__ the month in which the vaccine was administered to the patient __ODS Code -__ the code from the NHS Organisation Data Service (ODS) for the pharmacy which administered the vaccine to the patient __Pharmacy Name -__ as held in NHSBSA systems as at the date given above. __Pharmacy Trading Name -__ as held in NHSBSA systems as at the date given above. __Pharmacy Address -__ as held in NHSBSA systems as at the date given above. __Pharmacy Post Code -__ as held in NHSBSA systems as at the date given above. __Number of Pharmacy Vaccinations Claimed -__ vaccinations administered in the requested period that have been included associated with a fee claim submission. __Number of Pharmacy Vaccinations Provisionally Paid -__ vaccinations administered in the requested period that were associated with a fee claim submission and were scheduled for payment according to the service specification at the time that the claim was processed. __Provisional Payment Amount GBP -__ the calculated payment amount scheduled to be paid. ##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: “Data Warehouse, 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.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘My advice is that under the Withdrawal Agreement Section 15 .3 an S1 was not due for cancellation until the five years had expired It appears that the S1 request is subjected to further rules and information requirement other than what is laid down in the Withdrawal Agreement signed by the British Government I therefore formally require Under The Freedom of Information Act the complete process and protocols being implemented under Section 15.’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 21 November 2024. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response The S1 certificate is a healthcare entitlement which is legislated by EC regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009. The relevant articles in the Withdrawal Agreement are contained in Title III “Coordination of Social Security Systems”. Article 15 of the Withdrawal Agreement covers “The right of permanent residence”. This article is not relevant to the healthcare related S1 certificate issued by the UK and relates to S2 certificates. Therefore, no protocols or procedures are implemented by the NHSBSA Overseas Health Service (OHS) under Article 15. Information on EC regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 can be found via the below links: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/883/contents https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/987/contents Please see the below link for the relevant articles within the Withdrawal Agreement: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eut/withdrawal-agreement/part/TWO/title/III ##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. ##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.
##Request Hello, this is a Freedom of information request about EHIC and GHIC cards and the cost of healthcare for UK citizens in Europe. 1. We define overseas medical bills as the cost or expense of UK travellers that receive medical treatment while abroad, that is then re-charged to the NHS, as a result of either the GHIC agreement or reciprocal health agreement. Would you be able to provide me with me insight around the total annual cost of overseas medical bills charged to the NHS per year due to travellers receiving medical treatment while abroad and using their EHIC/GHIC towards the total medical fee? Please would you be able to break these costs down by year, starting from 2016 until now (2025). 2. Would you be able to provide me with data on the number of EHIC cards, as of Jan 1, 2025 that are due to expire this year? 3. Would it be possible for you to provide me with proportionate data around how many British citizens now have a GHIC in comparison to how many British citizens had an EHIC? I am looking for some insight (figures) around the number of British citizens who hold/have held a valid EHIC/GHIC by year, from the year 2016 until the present (Jan 2025). Date Range: 01/01/16 to 31/12/24 The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 28 January 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. All data as of 4 February 2025. ###Question 1 We define overseas medical bills as the cost or expense of UK travellers that receive medical treatment while abroad, that is then re-charged to the NHS, as a result of either the GHIC agreement or reciprocal health agreement. Would you be able to provide me with me insight around the total annual cost of overseas medical bills charged to the NHS per year due to travellers receiving medical treatment while abroad and using their EHIC/GHIC towards the total medical fee? Please would you be able to break these costs down by year, starting from 2016 until now (2025). I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and copy is attached. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data: • Data for 2025 includes claims up to 4 February. • The ‘Year’ is the year a claim is accounted against. In most cases this is the year that treatment was completed. • The ‘Amount accepted’ is the amount that has been agreed between the UK and the member state to pay for that year • EEA regulations state a healthcare institution can return/reject a claim for reasons such as the claim is incomplete or there are concerns, the treatment has been provided outside the validity period of the entitlement. This may result in an increase of the presented figures when reviewed back through the years allowing for the entitlements to be validated. ###Question 2 Would you be able to provide me with data on the number of EHIC cards, as of Jan 1, 2025 that are due to expire this year? I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. The total number of EHICs, UK GHICs and UK EHICs which have expired or will expire in 2025 is 1,811,140. ###Question 3 Would it be possible for you to provide me with proportionate data around how many British citizens now have a GHIC in comparison to how many British citizens had an EHIC? I am looking for some insight (figures) around the number of British citizens who hold/have held a valid EHIC/GHIC by year, from the year 2016 until the present (Jan 2025). ###Data Prior to 1 January 2020 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. A copy of the NHS Business Services Authority’s (NHSBSA’s) records retention schedule can be found at the following web link. EHIC and GHIC retention is listed under the ‘Retention’ tab, row 273. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/our-policies/policies-and-procedures ###Data After 1 January 2020 I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. A copy of the information is attached. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data: • The data provided represents the number of valid entitlements on the date shown in the first column, but not the number of individuals with valid entitlements. This is because one individual can, for example, hold both the UK GHIC and UK EHIC. • The provided data also does not represent the number of British citizens. We are unable to provide data specifically for British citizens. The data has been broken down by the following three types of entitlements: • EHIC – this entitlement was replaced by the UK GHIC as of 1 January 2021. Any existing EHICs remain valid until their expiry date and provide access to state-funded, medically necessary healthcare cover in the EU countries. • UK GHIC – from 1 January 2021, this entitlement provides access to state-funded, medically necessary healthcare in the EU, EEA, for most people in Switzerland and some countries outside of the EU. Those who are ordinarily resident in the UK may be eligible for a UK GHIC. • UK EHIC – from 10 November 2020, this entitlement provides access to state-funded, medically necessary healthcare in the EU, EEA countries and Switzerland. Those who are covered under the Withdrawal Agreement may be eligible for a UK EHIC. ##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.
The Pharmacy Contract - FP57 refunds dataset shows the total payment amount for FP57 refunds pharmacy contract payments and the total number of pharmacies receiving FP57 refunds pharmacy contract payments for each Integrated Care Board (ICB). This data is published monthly. You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the [Pharmacy Contract - FP57 refunds data dictionary (XLSX: 12KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/Pharmacy%20Contract%20-%20FP57%20refunds%20Data%20Dictionary.xlsx) This dataset was previously named Pharmacy Contract when it was published on the NHSBSA Information Services Portal. Changes have been made to the data since migration to the Open Data Portal and you can read about these changes in the [Pharmacy Contract migration changes documentation (ODT: 217KB)](https://github.com/NHSBSA-Open-Data/OPD/raw/main/Pharmacy%20Contract%20Migration%20Changes%20-%20November%202023.odt). You can also read more about the FP57 refund procedure in the [NHS Electronic Drug Tariff](https://www.drugtariff.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/#/00849298-DD/DC00849097/7.%20%20PRESCRIPTION%20CHARGE%20REFUND%20PROCEDURE)
#Request Q1.The makeup and qualifications of the panel members who sat on my appeal. Q2.Information if the panel members were in surgical practice in 1995 and whether they had specifical experience of Head trauma and Haematology. Q3. Were the panel members in practice dealing specifically with HIV and the cause and transmission of HIV. Q4. The number of approved applications after 2020 made to EIBSS for transmission of HIV infection via contaminated blood or blood products post 1985 Q5. What hours do the panel meeting meet e.g 9-3pm? and how much time do they have for lunch e.g. 30mins Q6.if the panel members, have at any time had any contact in either a personal or professional capacity with Mr Bracka or Dr Miller. Also, if they had any contact personal or professional with Dudley NHS Trust or Wordsley Hospital please describe when and in what capacity. #Response I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds some of the information you have requested. Question 1 - The makeup and qualifications of the panel members who sat on my appeal. 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 at the following link: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-24399 Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 Question 2 - Information if the panel members were in surgical practice in 1995 and whether they had specifical experience of Head trauma and Haematology 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. To answer this question, information would need to be provided by panel members from memory, rather than relying on recorded information. Question 3 - Were the panel members in practice dealing specifically with HIV and the cause and transmission of HIV 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. To answer this question, information would need to be provided by panel members from memory, rather than relying on recorded information. Question 4 - The number of approved applications after 2020 made to EIBSS for transmission of HIV infection via contaminated blood or blood products post 1985 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 England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) does not retain the infection date of beneficiaries on the scheme, however we would highlight that the service specification notes: "all NHS blood in England was being screened for HIV from October 1985 onwards so it is very unlikely (although not impossible) that HIV was transmitted through infected NHS blood after October 1985.” So, while it is "very unlikely" for an infection post October 1985, it is not impossible, thus our medical assessors base their decision on the balance of probabilities that an infection could take place via NHS blood or blood products post 1985. This is determined by a combination of the application and all supporting evidence provided which the medical assessors will review. Question 5 - What hours do the panel meeting meet e.g 9-3pm? and how much time do they have for lunch e.g. 30mins 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 regarding length of meetings or breaks Question 6 - if the panel members, have at any time had any contact in either a personal or professional capacity with Mr Bracka or Dr Miller. Also, if they had any contact personal or professional with Dudley NHS Trust or Wordsley Hospital please describe when and in what capacity. 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. To answer this question, information would need to be provided by panel members from memory, rather than relying on recorded information. #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. Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025” 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.
#Request _1. ‘the details of the person sending these emails._ _2. Or a senior manager’_ #Response #Question 1 – “the details of the person sending these emails” I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds the information you have requested. However, we consider the full names of NHSBSA employees to be personal data under section 3(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018. Disclosure of an employee’s name may result in their identification. Please be aware that I have decided not to release the full name of the person(s) corresponding with you. This is because the personal details of NHSBSA employees as this information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3(A)(a) of the FOIA. As the requested information would allow a NHSBSA employee to be identified, I consider this information is exempt. This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: a. it is not fair to disclose NHSBSA employees’ personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress to the NHSBSA employee b. these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the NHSBSA employee The requested information is exempt if disclosure would contravene any of the data protection principles. For disclosure to comply with the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency principle, we either need the consent of the data subject(s) or there must be a legitimate interest in disclosure. In addition, the disclosure must be necessary to meet the legitimate interest and finally, the disclosure must not cause unwarranted harm. This means that the NHSBSA is therefore required to conduct a balancing exercise between the legitimate interest of the applicant in disclosure against the rights and freedoms of the NHSBSA employee. While I acknowledge that you have a legitimate interest in disclosure of the information, the disclosure of the requested information would cause unwarranted harm. Disclosure under FOIA is to the world and therefore the NHSBSA has to consider the overall impact of the disclosure and its duty of care. The expectation of the NHSBSA employees is that they will remain anonymous and will therefore not be subject to contact or pressure from claimants or campaigning groups. Given the likelihood that the personal details would identify the NHSBSA employee there is a reasonable expectation that this information will not be disclosed under the FOIA. Disclosing this information would be unfair and as such would breach the UK General Data Protection Regulation first data protection principle. Please click the web link below to see the exemption in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40 #Question 2 – “or a senior manager” The NHSBSA administer the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) since 1 November 2021 following it’s transfer from the Department for Works and Pensions. The Director of Primary Care Services at the NHSBSA responsible for the overseeing the administration of the scheme is Martin Kelsall. The Department of Health and Social Care are responsible for policy decisions relating to the scheme and provide direction to the NHSBSA. #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: https://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.
##Request## You asked us: 1. ‘Could you tell me how much Crawford and Co have been paid to carry out medical assessments for people claiming under the VDPS for damage caused by the Covid vaccines? 2. Could you tell me how many medical assessments Crawford and Co have carried out to date, in regard to the Covid vaccine? 3. Could you tell me how much the VDPS has paid for damage caused by the Covid vaccines? 4. Could you tell me what the rationale for a 60 per cent disability cut-off is please? When was this determined and why?’ ##Response## I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is below. All information provided is as of 31 January 2025. Question 1 - Could you tell me how much Crawford and Co have been paid to carry out medical assessments for people claiming under the VDPS for damage caused by the Covid vaccines? £27,264,896 has been paid to Crawford & Company for the assessment of COVID-19 related claims for a Vaccine Damage Payment. This includes reassessments. Question 2 - Could you tell me how many medical assessments Crawford and Co have carried out to date, in regard to the Covid vaccine? Crawford & Company have carried out 12,891 COVID-19 related medical assessments. This number includes reassessments. Question 3 - Could you tell me how much the VDPS has paid for damage caused by the Covid vaccines? In our response to FOI-02416 we said 197 claimants had received a Vaccine Damage Payment. This totals £23,640,000. Due to the small changes in numbers since our response to FOI-02416, we’re unable to disclose how many claimants received a Vaccine Damage Payment as of 31 January 2025. However, we can disclose the number of claimants who have been told they are entitled to a Vaccine Damage Payment. 203 claimants have been notified they are entitled to a Vaccine Damage Payment. This totals £24,360,000. Not all of these claimants have received their payment yet. This is because we are waiting for further information from the claimant. For example, their bank details. A Vaccine Damage Payment is a one-off payment of £120,000. It is not treated as compensation. Question 4 - Could you tell me what the rationale for a 60 per cent disability cut-off is please? When was this determined and why?’ When originally passed, the Vaccine Damage Payments Act defined severe disablement as in excess of 80%. From 16 June 2002, this was changed to being defined as disablement of 60% or more. We do not hold information on why this was determined. Please be advised that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is responsible for the policy and legislation that governs the VDPS. You therefore may wish to redirect any further requests for policy-related information directly to DHSC. They can be contacted at the following address: Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries Unit Department of Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU Contact form https://contactus.dhsc.gov.uk/ Scheme criteria Under DHSC’s rules for the scheme, to qualify for a Vaccine Damage Payment, it must be proved that an eligible vaccine was received and: • on the balance of probabilities, the vaccine caused the disability; and • the resulting disablement is severe (60% or more) Severely disabled means at least 60% disabled, assessed for the purposes of section 103 of The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. Further principles for assessing the extent of disablement are set out in the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982. These regulations can be found at the below web link: • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1408/schedule/2 • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/contents Eligibility criteria, including a list of eligible vaccines is available at: https://www.gov.uk/vaccine-damage-payment 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: “Dental Services, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” 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
#Request _Please supply the following information under the FOI Act in relation to Global Health Insurance Cards (GHICs) and European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs)._ _Q1) What is the total number of GHICs held by UK citizens that are currently valid for use?_ _Q2) What is the total number of EHICs held by UK citizens that are currently valid for use?_ _Q3) How many valid GHICs held by UK citizens will expire this calendar year (2025)? Please provide a month by month break down if avaialble._ _Q4) How many valid EHICs held by UK citizens will expire this calendar year (2025)? Please provide a month by month breakdown if available._ _Q5) What is the current wait/processing time to receive a GHIC after an application is submitted?_ _Q6) Between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024, how many direct claims were received by the NHS from countries supplying treatment under GHIC, EHIC or S2 (please provide separate figures for GHIC, EHIC and S2 if possible) and what was the total amount paid out?_ _Q7) In relation to Q6, please provide a list of the top ten countries who made the most claims (include the number of claims and the total amount claimed)._ _Q8) Between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024, what were the top ten largest claims received by the NHS under GHIC, EHIC or S2 (please provide separate figures for GHIC, EHIC and S2 if possible)._ _Q9) What were the five most common illnesses/treatments claims were made for to the NHS by countries under GHIC/EHIC? For instance, Sunburn._ You clarified your request for question 6 on 20 February 2025 as follows: _Are you able to provide both sets of data separately please?_ ##Response I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested. __Question 1: What is the total number of GHICs held by UK citizens that are currently valid for use?__ __Question 2: What is the total number of EHICs held by UK citizens that are currently valid for use?__ __Question 3: How many valid GHICs held by UK citizens will expire this calendar year (2025)? Please provide a month by month break down if available.__ __Question 4: How many valid EHICs held by UK citizens will expire this calendar year (2025)? Please provide a month-by-month breakdown if available__ The provided data does not represent the number of UK citizens. We are unable to provide data specifically for UK citizens as this information is not required as part of the application process and is therefore not held by NHSBSA. Eligibility for a UK European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) can be viewed at the following weblink: Applying for healthcare cover abroad (GHIC and EHIC) - NHS(https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/apply-for-a-free-uk-global-health-insurance-card-ghic/) ‘No. of Valid Entitlements’ in the table is the number of entitlements valid at 1am on the 17th of February 2025. We have included data for the following types of entitlements: • European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) – this entitlement was replaced by the UK GHIC as of 1 January 2021. Any existing EHICs remain valid until their expiry date and provide access to state-funded, medically necessary healthcare cover in European Union countries and some countries outside of the EU. • UK GHIC – from 1 January 2021, this entitlement provides access to state-funded, medically necessary healthcare in the EU, EEA, for most people in Switzerland and some countries outside of the EU. Those who are ordinarily resident in the UK and holders of a valid S1 form may be eligible for a UK GHIC • UK EHIC – from 10 November 2020, this entitlement provides access to state-funded, medically necessary healthcare in the EU, EEA countries and Switzerland. Those who are covered under the Withdrawal Agreement may be eligible for a UK EHIC. • Further information regarding use of EHIC, UK GHIC and UK EHIC is available from Where can I use a UK Global Health Insurance Card (UK GHIC) or UK European Health Insurance Card (UK EHIC)? · Customer Self-Service Please see attached table __Question 5: What is the current wait/processing time to receive a GHIC after an application is submitted?__ Once the application is submitted, an email is sent within 24 hours to confirm whether or not it has been approved. There may be some additional information/evidence required before it can be approved. Once the application has been approved, the card will be received by post within 15 working days . __Question 6: Between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024, how many direct claims were received by the NHS from countries supplying treatment under GHIC, EHIC or S2 (please provide separate figures for GHIC, EHIC and S2 if possible) and what was the total amount paid out?__ Please see attached table The data above show claims received from countries (Member States) for supplying treatment abroad under UK GHIC/UK EHIC and S2. We have included E112s as these are previous entitlements equivalent to S2. The ‘Amount Accepted in GBP’ is the amount that has been agreed by the UK. EEA regulations state a healthcare institution can return/reject a claim for reasons such as the claim is incomplete, or there are concerns the treatment has been provided outside the validity period of the entitlement. This may result in an increase of the presented figures when reviewed back through the years allowing for the entitlements to be validated. The amounts were approved for payment in local currencies. For your convenience we have converted to £GBP based on an exchange rate at the time of treatment. The actual amount that will be paid out may vary as the exchange rate between currencies changes. Please see attached table The data above show claims received from individuals (customers) or insurers for the treatment they received in Member States whilst on temporary stay. ‘No. of Claims’ shows the number of claims which were input and processed on our system between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024. We are unable to provide data separately for UK GHIC, UK EHIC or S2. The NHSBSA does hold the requested information; however, we estimate that the cost of compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit under section 12 of the FOIA. We estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the non-central Government limit of £450. The limit has been specified in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the NHSBSA holds the information, and locating, retrieving, extracting and checking the information. Please see the following calculations which sets out the estimated cost for compliance with this request: 7914 claims were processed in 2024, This would involve retrieving the paper Refund claims forms from storage and it would take approximately 2-5 minutes to review each form. This would take approximately 264 hours to complete. Please see the following link to view the section 12 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/12 __Question 7. In relation to Q6, please provide a list of the top ten countries who made the most claims (include the number of claims and the total amount claimed).__ We have included E112s as these are previous entitlements equivalent to S2. Please see attached table. __Question 8: Between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024, what were the top ten largest claims received by the NHS under GHIC, EHIC or S2 (please provide separate figures for GHIC, EHIC and S2 if possible).__ The data for ‘EHIC/GHIC’ in the table include claims from other countries made under EHIC/UK GHIC and UK EHIC. We cannot always distinguish between EHIC/UK GHIC/UK EHIC claims from other countries. Please see attached table. __Question 9. What were the five most common illnesses/treatments claims were made for to the NHS by countries under GHIC/EHIC? For instance, Sunburn.__ 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. __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.
#Request The total number of packs of Ustekinumab by AMP, VMP, Trust Name, Trust Code, Month and Year. For the following AMP/ Pack Names: Pyzchiva 130mg/26ml concentrate for solution for infusion vials, Pyzchiva 45mg/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Pyzchiva 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Stelara 130mg/26ml concentrate for solution for infusion vials, Stelara 45mg/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled pens, Stelara 45mg/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Stelara 45mg/0.5ml solution for injection vials, Stelara 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Steqeyma 130mg/26ml concentrate for solution for infusion vials, Steqeyma 45mg/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Steqeyma 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Uzpruvo 130mg/26ml concentrate for solution for infusion vials, Uzpruvo 45mg/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Uzpruvo 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Wezenla 130mg/26ml concentrate for solution for infusion vials, Wezenla 45mg/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Wezenla 45mg/0.5ml solution for injection vials, Wezenla 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes, Wezenla 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 7 March 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. #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 below links. If you do not have access to the Internet at home, you can request a paper copy by contacting me. The total number of packs of Ustekinumab is publicly available on the Open Data Portal (OPD), using the total quantity, as the pack size is 1 (vial/pre-filled disposable injection). https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/hospital-prescribing-dispensed-in-the-community England Hospital Trust prescribing data, dispensed in the Community is published monthly: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/hospital-prescribing-dispensed-in-the-community You will need to filter on both the VMP (generic name) Ustekinumab and the AMP (brands listed in the email) for any prescribing. Please note that only hospital trusts prescribing data that has been dispensed in the community is available in this dataset. It excludes dispensing within hospitals. The column TOTAL_QUANTITY provides the total quantity of each drug prescribed for that month (if prescribed and submitted to the NHSBSA). Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) is published monthly: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/theme/hospital-provider-medicines NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) hosts and publishes Secondary Care Medicines Data on behalf of NHS England and Improvement (NHSE&I) Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) contains processed pharmacy stock control data in Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) standardised format from NHS Acute, Teaching, Specialist, Mental Health and Community Trusts in England. Both datasets provide a data dictionary and guidance documents. Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21
##Request I would like to make a new request under Freedom of Information with the same format, inclusions, groupings and caveats as a previous request FOI-02425 and we would like the data to cover the period from October 24 to December 24. ##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. 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 Files Data has been presented in files split by month, and into 500,000 row .csv files. The files are named FOI02623_YEARMONTH_NUMBER, for example FOI02623_202410_001, FOI02623_202410_002 and so on. Each file has a row count at the bottom for reference. Data Source 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. Time Period Monthly data from October 2024 to December 2024 inclusive. Prescribing The data provided is for prescriptions dispensed and prescribed in England. Prescribing has been split by Sub ICB Locations (SICBLs) and limited to prescribing within SICBLs. BNF Code 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. Gender Patient gender has been reported using the latest patient gender information held by the NHSBSA Information Services data warehouse at the time that the data was extracted. This uses information from either the most recent Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) message or from the last time that NHSBSA received data about the patient's gender from NHS Personal Demographics Service. Gender is either: Male, Female, Not Known (where no information is held) or Indeterminate (where information is held which does not confirm either Male or Female). Suppressions Suppressions have been applied where items are lower than 5, for items and NIC and quantity for the following drugs and identified genders as per the sensitive drug list; When the BNF Paragraph Code is 60401 (Female Sex Hormones & Their Modulators) and the gender identified on the prescription is Male When the BNF Paragraph Code is 60402 (Male Sex Hormones And Antagonists) and the gender identified on the prescription is Female When the BNF Paragraph Code is 70201 (Preparations For Vaginal/Vulval Changes) and the gender identified on the prescription is Male When the BNF Paragraph Code is 70202 (Vaginal And Vulval Infections) and the gender identified on the prescription is Male When the BNF Paragraph Code is 70301 (Combined Hormonal Contraceptives/Systems) and the gender identified on the prescription is Male When the BNF Paragraph Code is 70302 (Progestogen-only Contraceptives) and the gender identified on the prescription is Male When the BNF Paragraph Code is 80302 (Progestogens) and the gender identified on the prescription is Male When the BNF Paragraph Code is 70405 (Drugs For Erectile Dysfunction) and the gender identified on the prescription is Female When the BNF Paragraph Code is 70406 (Drugs For Premature Ejaculation) and the gender identified on the prescription is Female 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-02623 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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: “Data Warehouse NHSBSA Copyright 2025” Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 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##Request ‘Dr Ujjal Sarkar, a managing partner at the North Central London Integrated Care Board has been appointed a company director of 22 companies (12 active, 9 dissolved and 1 in liquidation), in addition to his full-time GP commitments to patients at Medicus Health Partners. Dr Ujjal Sarkar’s current appointments: Total number of appointments 22 US TIMEHOLDINGS LTD (15819121) Company status - Active Correspondence address Unit 4, Stirling Court Yard, Stirling Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, WD6 2FX Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 4 July 2024 Occupation Director ST. JAMES GATE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED (03234983) Company status - Active Correspondence address 19 The Grangeway, Grange Park, London, N21 2HD Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 24 May 2023 Occupation Director UKARA PROPERTIES LTD (14072822) Company status - Active Correspondence address Unit 4 Stirling Court Yard, Stirling Way, Borehamwood, Herts, England, WD6 2FX Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 27 April 2022 Occupation Director NORTH LONDON HOSPICE (01654807) Company status - Active Correspondence address 47 Woodside Avenue, London, N12 8TF Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 25 January 2022 Occupation - General Practitioner STARBURN LLP (OC435724) Company status - Active Correspondence address Unit 4, Stirling Court Yard, Stirling Way, Borehamwood, Herts, United Kingdom, WD6 2FX Role ACTIVE LLP Designated Member Appointed on 26 February 2021 ENFIELD UNITY PCN LTD (12619225) Company status - Active Correspondence address Carlton House Surgery, 28 Tenniswood Road, London, England, EN1 3LL Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 22 May 2020 Occupation Director AL-ARADI LTD (11433318) Company status - Active Correspondence address Unit 4, Stirling Court Yard, Stirling Way, Borehamwood, Herts, England, WD6 2FX Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 23 March 2020 Occupation Director CIVITAS PROJECTS LTD (12316754) Company status - Active Correspondence address Unit 4, Stirling Court Yard, Stirling Way, Borehamwood, Herts, United Kingdom, WD6 2FX Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 15 November 2019 Occupation Director MEDICUS HEALTH PARTNERS LTD (12268737) Company status - Active Correspondence address 28 Tenniswood Road, Enfield, England, EN1 3LL Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 17 October 2019 Occupation - Medical Director ELECTRA PRESCRIBING SERVICES LTD (12111397) Company status - Active Correspondence address 20 Frank Slater House, Green Lane, Ilford, England, IG3 9RS Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 18 July 2019 Occupation Director US ARTHA LTD (10490600) Company status - Active Correspondence address Unit 4, Stirling Court Yard, Stirling Way, Borehamwood, Herts, England, WD6 2FX Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 22 November 2016 Occupation Doctor NORTH EAST ALLIANCE LTD (10490655) Company status - Dissolved Correspondence address Comer Business & Innovation Centre, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London, England, N11 1GN Role Director Appointed on 22 November 2016 Occupation Director UUU LLP (OC411625) Company status Dissolved Correspondence address Comer Business And Innovation Centre, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London, England, N11 1GN Role - LLP Designated Member Appointed on 3 May 2016 Country of residence England FORENSIC HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE LTD (09350251) Company status - Dissolved Correspondence address 7 Hartland Close, London, England, N21 2BG Role - Director Appointed on 11 December 2014 Occupation - Doctor DR UJJAL SARKAR LTD (09349537) Company status - Dissolved Correspondence address 7 Hartland Close, London, England, N21 2BG Role Director Appointed on 10 December 2014 Occupation Doctor BARNDOC HEALTHCARE LIMITED (06131525) Company status - Liquidation Correspondence address 7 Hartland Close, Winchmore Hill, London, United Kingdom, N21 2BG Role ACTIVE Director Appointed on 1 April 2013 Occupation Doctor U U SARKAR LLP (OC380110) Company status Dissolved Correspondence address 7 Hartland Close, London, London, England, N21 2BG Role LLP Designated Member Appointed on 9 November 2012 U SARKAR LIMITED (05764192) Company status - Dissolved Correspondence address 7 Hartland Close, London, N21 2BG Role Director Appointed on 31 March 2006 Occupation Doctor PALLICARE LIMITED (06475140) Company status - Active Correspondence address 7 Hartland Close, London, N21 2BG Role RESIGNED Secretary Appointed on 16 January 2008 Resigned on 6 May 2021 IEM EUROPE LTD (12366656) Company status - Dissolved Correspondence address Bld 3, Comer Business & Innovation Centre, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London, England, N11 1GN Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 17 December 2019 Resigned on 18 August 2020 Occupation Director IEM LONDON LIMITED (12366669) Company status - Dissolved Correspondence address Bld 3, Comer Business & Innovation Centre, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, Oakleigh Road South, England, N11 1GN Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 17 December 2019 Resigned on 18 August 2020 Occupation Director IEM VENTURES UK LIMITED (12366659) Company status Dissolved Correspondence address Bld 3, Comer Business & Innovation Centre, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London, England, N11 1GN Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 17 December 2019 Resigned on 18 August 2020 Occupation Director Therefore, please could you provide me with the following information, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. Which of the above 22 companies are/ were commissioned by the NHS? 2 How much funding have the above listed companies received through commissioning budgets, while they were active, and in operation, since their registration? 3. Have the above listed companies received government grants, while they were active, and in operation, since their registration, and how much each company has received? 4. Which of the above listed companies did receive funding through the state-backed coronavirus business loan scheme, and how much? 5. How much has Dr Ujjal Sarkar paid himself as a company director, at each of the above companies? 6. Has Dr Ujjal Sarkar paid salaries to family members at the above companies, and how much? 7. How much has the NHS paid for legal services in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and for the period 1 January 2025 - 22 January 2025 (per year)? 8. How much has the NHS paid to the private company Clyde & Co LLP, for their legal services in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and for the period 1 January 2025 - 22 January 2025, and what proportion of the NHS annual budget does this constitute? 9. How much has Gill Rothwell, the Legal Director at Clyde & Co received from the NHS for her legal services in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and for the period 1 January 2025 - 22 January 2025?’ ##Response Questions 1 and 2 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 have not commissioned any of the 22 companies listed therefore no funding has been allocated. Question 3 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. It is possible that the Cabinet Office may hold some or all the information you require. They can be contacted at: Cabinet Office FOI Team Cabinet Office Room 3.32 1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ Email foi.team@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-government-grants Question 4 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. It is possible that the below organisations may hold some or all the information you require. They can be contacted at: You may also find the below links useful: • Department for Business and Trade https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade https://www.gov.uk/contact/govuk Telephone: 020 4551 0011 • HM Treasury https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury HM Treasury The Correspondence and Enquiry Unit 1 Horse Guards Road Westminster London SW1A 2HQ United Kingdom Telephone: 020 7270 5000 https://contact.hmt.gov.uk/s/HMTreasuryEmailValidation/ • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy https://www.gov.uk/contact/govuk • Recovery Loan Scheme https://www.gov.uk/guidance/recovery-loan-scheme https://www.gov.uk/contact/govuk Questions 5 and 6 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. Question 7 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. We do not hold the spend data for the NHS as a whole. We only hold the spend data for the NHSBSA. Questions 8 and 9 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 have any contracts with the listed companies. 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-02541 Your personal details will be removed from the published response.
Thank you for your request for information about the following: Request You asked us: I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from the NHS Business Services Authority. Please can you provide me with: 1. The number of people who paid for at least 12 prescriptions at £9.65 (and £9.90 after 1 May 2024) per prescription in the 2023/2024 financial year. 2. How many people in the 2023/2024 financial year had an active 3-month prescription prepayment certificate (PPC)? 3. How many people in the 2023/2024 financial year had an active 12-month PPC? 4. The average number of prescriptions purchased by people who paid for 12 or more prescriptions in the 2023/24 financial year. 5. The average number of prescriptions purchased by people overall in the 2023/2024 financial year. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 7 March 2025. 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://nhsbsadata.shinyapps.io/ppc-savings-and-beneficiaries/. Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. Questions 1, 4 and 5 Please note that the figures published in the report are the number of prescription charges. Questions 2 and 3 The information published is the number of certificates issued in the 2023/24 financial year. With regards to identifying the number of people with active certificates we have considered this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). The NHSBSA does hold the requested information; however as there is no unique person identifier for PPC certificates. We therefore estimate that the cost of compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit under section 12 of the FOIA. We estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the non-central Government limit of £450. The limit has been specified in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the NHSBSA holds the information, and locating, retrieving, extracting and checking the information. Please see the following calculations which sets out the estimated cost for compliance with this request: We estimate that a manual interrogation of each PPC record would take one minute per PPC record, and with there being around five million PPC records for 2023/24 this would take 5,000,000 minutes or over 83,000 hours. Please be advised that due to the way that the information is held by the NHSBSA, it is not possible to submit a refined request under the appropriate limit, and therefore we have provided the number of certificates issued in the financial year. Please see the following link to view the section 12 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/12 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-02646 Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 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.
#Request 1. Are there any other devices that are used to contain and transport people with infectious diseases the UK by the NHS? 2. How are these devices distributed? Hospitals versus ambulance services? 3. How many devices have been purchased within the last seven years? 4. What has the cost been to the NHS in purchasing these devices? Trexler and Epishuttle 5. How often Have the isolation devices been used in the last 3 years? 6. How many cases of HCID have there been ini the last three years where isolation devices have been used? 7. Do the devices require consumable items and how much has been spent on them in last three years? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 3 March 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. #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 as we do not transport any people with infectious diseases. #Advice and assistance Please find below a link to a list of NHS Trusts. I believe that this information would not be held centrally, so you would need to request this separately from each trust. https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/