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Alert 12 August 2025

A follow-up deployment on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal is expected to be completed by the end of August 2025. This will address outstanding actions from the recent update and support full implementation of the planned improvements.

Details of all fixes and enhancements will be shared in a future news article, while the initial deployment is covered in an existing news article.

If you encounter any issues or require support, please contact us at DataServiceSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk.

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Field	Value
Data last updated	14 August 2025
Metadata last updated	14 August 2025
Created	14 August 2025
Format	text/csv
Licence	Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom)

Data Dictionary

Column	Title	Type	Description
AGE_BAND_10YEARS	Age Band - 10 Years	string	The age of the patient, as captured from the prescription, relating to the patient's age at the time of prescribing/dispensing, grouped into 10 year age bands.
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.

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