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Request

‘Following the previously published FOI 03424 received in December 2025, can you please provide me a spreadsheet which contains the following fields by month for the months Oct, November and December 2025 for all English Appliance Contractors in England.

YEAR_MONTH

CONTRACTOR_ACCOUNT_TYPE

CONTRACTOR_CODE

CONTRACTOR_NAME

CONTRACTOR_ADDRESS

POSTCODE

CONTRACTOR_START_DATE

CONTRACTOR_INACTIVE_DATE

INTEGRATED_CARE_BOARD_CODE

INTEGRATED_CARE_BOARD_NAME

NUMBER_EPS_MESSAGES

NUMBER_EPS_ITEMS

NUMBER_TOTAL_FORMS

NUMBER_STANDARD_PX

REFERRED_BACK_ITEMS

NUMBER_CHARGEABLE_PX_CURRENT

NUMBER_CHARGEABLE_PX_PREVIOUS

NUMBER_ELAS_HOSIERY_PX_CHARGE

VAT_REGISTERED

NUMBER_AUR_CONDUCTED_HOME

NUMBER_AUR_CONDUCTED_PREMISES

BASIC_PRICE_NIC

VAT_AMOUNT

PROFESSIONAL_DISPENSING_FEE

INFRASTRUCTURE_PAYMENT

APPLIANCE_MEASURED_FITTED_FEE

APPLIANCE_HOME_DELIVERY_FEE

EXPENSIVE_PX_FEE_VALUE

STOMA_CUSTOMISATION_FEE

STOMA_CUSTOMISATION_FEE_ADJ

AUR_CONDUCTED_HOME_FEE

AUR_CONDUCTED_PREMISES_FEE

AUR_CONDUCTED_FEE_ADJUSTMENT

CHARGEABLE_PX_CURRENT_VALUE

CHARGEABLE_PX_PREVIOUS_VALUE

CHARGEABLE_PX_ELAS_HOS_VALUE

ADJUSTMENT_PRODUCTS

ADJUSTMENT_FEE

ETP_RELEASE_1_PAYMENT

ETP_RELEASE_2_PAYMENT

ETP_ALLOWANCE

OUT_OF_POCKET_EXPENSES’

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 26 February 2026.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

NHSBSA

NHS Prescription Services process prescriptions for Pharmacy Contractors, Appliance Contractors, Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration with information then used to make payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors in England for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings (other arrangements are in place for making payments to Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration). This involves processing over 1 billion prescription items and payments totalling over £9 billion each year. The information gathered from this process is then used to provide information on costs and trends in prescribing in England and Wales to over 25,000 registered NHS and Department of Health and Social Care users.

Data source

Source System – Insight Data Warehouse.

Time period

October, November and December 2025 - Appliance contractor data.

This dataset

This report consists of a management information file detailing monthly Community Pharmacy payment by type of payment and contractor account. Payments include all drug costs, fees, patient charges, locally authorised payments, etc. Other details such as the numbers of items dispensed and patient charges collected are also included.

The management information file reflects the contractor's payment and prescription data associated with the Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) structure at the relevant payment date.

Disclosure Control

Note - for further information relating to the payments included within this Data Dictionary, please consult the NHSBSA's Electronic Drug Tariff and NHS Prescription Services payment information (Local Authorised Payments National Menu):

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/drug-tariff

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/dispensing-contractors-information/payment-information

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

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The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2026”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.