This discussion will contain a log of changes that have been made to the dataset. With the most current notice also being promoted on the dataset description page.

On Monday 21 July 2025 the finalised version of the Secondary Care Medicines Dataset (SCMD) for the 2024/25 financial year was made available on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal.

The release includes all in-year updates and corrections, as well as resolved anomalies and missing data affecting some Trusts — including Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital (2022/23), and UCLH.

Corrected datasets for all previous years are also made available with this release.

Users who have previously downloaded SCMD files are advised to re-run any analysis.

Read the full article to learn more about the changes and what they mean for you: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/news/finalised-secondary-care-medicines-dataset-scmd-for-2024-25-financial-year-expected-by-18-july-2025

2026-01-07

Warning banner posted on Provisional and Finalised SCMD pages:

2026-01-07 Important User Notice – Finalised SCMD Data Files Due to a recently identified technical issue, users who have accessed or downloaded the Finalised Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with Indicative Price files covering the period April 2019 to March 2024 are advised to disregard any figures derived from those previously provided data files.

The most up-to-date data files have now been published. To ensure accuracy, please re-access and re-download the latest versions directly from the Finalised Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) with indicative price dataset page.

Any analysis based on earlier versions of these files may contain inaccuracies. We apologise for any inconvenience this issue may have caused and recommend that all reporting for this period is updated using the revised data.

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This banner is posted after issue identified and rectified on 2026-01-06. Kate (ODP) can provide any further details as required.