I am writing to confirm that I have now completed my search for the information which you requested.

Request

You asked us:

I would like to make a new request under Freedom of Information with the same format, inclusions, groupings and caveats as a previous request you kindly dealt with for us. The previous request is 02688 and we would like the data to cover the period from April 2025 to the latest available data month.

On 19 August 2025 you clarified the following:

I would like to request total items, total quantity and total Net Ingredient cost for each BNFID reimbursed by NHSBSA for each month from April 2025 to the latest available data month. I require the totals to be presented at BNFID level, divided into the standard 5 year age bandings and further separated by patient gender. Ideally this will include include all items dispensed in England, whether prescribed in the community (FP10) or in secondary care (FP10H). The response should include the following columns: YEAR_MONTH SICBL_NAME SICBL_CODE BNF_CODE AGE_BAND GENDER ITEMS TOTAL_QUANTITY NIC_GBP

On 11 September 2025 you further clarified:

I am requesting prescribing data at SICBL level please

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 14 August 2025, with clarifications received on 19 August and 11 September 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 from the web link below:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03182

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full –

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21

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-03088

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.