| Column |
Title |
Type |
Description |
| YEAR_MONTH |
Year and Month |
integer |
The year and month for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA in the format YYYYMM.
|
| BNF_CHEMICAL_SUBSTANCE_CODE |
BNF Chemical Substance Code |
string |
The first nine digits of the 15-digit BNF Code, which indicate the chemical substance under which the drug or appliance is categorised.
|
| BNF_CHEMICAL_SUBSTANCE_NAME |
BNF Chemical Substance |
string |
This is the International Non-proprietary Name (INN) and is the standard registered name for the active constituent of that medicine, for example omeprazole. For compounds the name may be more complex, such as co-magaldrox magnesium/aluminium hydrox). In some cases the name is a collective one for a range of medicines, such as alginic acid compound preparations. For prescriptions in BNF chapters 19 to 23, there is no "chemical" name, as these are dressings and appliances. Therefore, these items are reported under the BNF section name, for example, night drainage bags.
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| BNF_PRESENTATION_CODE |
BNF Code |
string |
The BNF Code is a 15-digit code in which the first seven digits are allocated according to the categories in the BNF and the last 8 digits represent the medicinal product, form, strength and the link to the generic equivalent product. NHS Prescription Services has created pseudo BNF chapters, which are not published, for items not included in BNF chapters 1 to 15. The majority of such items are dressings and appliances which NHS Prescription Services has classified into four pseudo BNF chapters (20 to 23).
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| BNF_PRESENTATION |
BNF Presentation Description |
string |
The BNF Code is a 15-digit code in which the first seven digits are allocated according to the categories in the BNF and the last 8 digits represent the medicinal product, form, strength and the link to the generic equivalent product. NHS Prescription Services has created pseudo BNF chapters, which are not published, for items not included in BNF chapters 1 to 15. The majority of such items are dressings and appliances which NHS Prescription Services has classified into four pseudo BNF chapters (20 to 23).
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| 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).
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| 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.
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| ITEMS |
Items |
integer |
Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed.
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