FOI-03300 Data
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | 18 November 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | 18 November 2025 |
| Created | 18 November 2025 |
| Format | text/csv |
| Licence | Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom) |
Data Dictionary
| Column | Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR_MONTH | Year and Month | number | The year and month for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA in the format YYYYMM. |
| DISPENSER_CODE | Dispenser Code | string | Dispenser code is the unique identifying code attributed to a dispensing organisation. |
| DISPENSER_NAME | Dispenser Name | string | The name of the dispensing organisation. |
| ICB_CODE | ICB Code | string | ICB code is the unique identifying code attributed to an Integrated Care Board (ICB). |
| ICB_NAME | ICB Name | string | The name of the Integrated Care Board (ICB). |
| ITEMS | Items | number | Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. |
| UNIQUE_PATIENTS | Unique Patients | 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. |
| 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. |