FOI-03599 P1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINANCIAL_YEAR | Financial Year | string | The financial year for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA, from April to March in any given year. |
| BNF_PARAGRAPH_CODE | BNF Paragraph Code | string | The first six digits of the 15-digit BNF Code, which indicate the chemical substance under which the drug or appliance is categorised. |
| BNF_PARAGRAPH_NAME | BNF Paragraph Name | string | The name of the BNF paragraph where the drug is categorised. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| ITEMS | Items | number | Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. |
| UNIQUE_PATIENT_COUNT | Unique Patients | string | 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. |
| PATIENT_IDENTIFIED | Patient Identified Flag | string | A Y/N field which describes whether the patient's NHS number could be read from the prescription form or EPS message. "Y" indicates that the NHS number was read and the patient identified and "N" indicates that it wasn't. |