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Additional Info

Field	Value
Data last updated	21 April 2026
Metadata last updated	21 April 2026
Created	21 April 2026
Format	text/csv
Licence	Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom)

Data Dictionary

Column	Title	Type	Description
CALENDAR_YEAR	Calendar Year	number	Indicates the relevant calendar year for each row of data.
BNF_PRESENTATION_CODE	BNF Code	string	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).
BNF_PRESENTATION_NAME	BNF Presentation Description	string	The individual preparation name of the drug, which may be proprietary or generic, followed by strength and form.
AGE_BAND	Age Band	string	Indicates the age band for identifiable patients. If a patient's age has not been able to be verified, the age band will be indicated as unknown.
IDENTIFIED_PATIENT_COUNT	Identified Patient Count	number	A count of identified patients whose NHS Number was recorded during prescription processing, where each patient is counted once per row in which they appear, regardless of the number of prescriptions matching these criteria.
GENDER	Gender	string	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).