I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, which I received on 1 June 2023 for information about the following:

I am after information relating to the above internet pharmacy which I understand submits data to you.

Would you please confirm and provide data relating to the following if you hold this:

• data on who the responsible pharmacist is as far back as you hold this
• data on staff hours/type of staff as far back as you hold this
• any data held on how long they have been trading, confirmations of any periods where you do not hold data because they were not trading
• please confirm any other data held relating to this business and period this covers

Which you clarified on 8 June 2023 with:

Regarding bullet point 4 I have just queried what other types of data you hold relating to this business and what date range this covers. If any of this is required I will let you know once this reply is received thank you.

The reason I am making the request is due to fraudulent claims made by the business.

Response

Pharmacy staff information

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority.

It is possible the Integrated Care Board (ICB) that the contractor sits under, or NHS England, may hold some or all of the information you require. The ICB will be able to supply information regarding the responsible pharmacist and staff hours. Please see the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/

Details of how to submit an FOI to your local ICB will be found on their website.

NHS England can be contacted at:

NHS England

PO Box 16738

Redditch

B97 9PT

Telephone 0300 311 22 33

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net

Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/

Pharmacy trading information

The pharmacy has been trading since 15/02/2017. Additional information can be found in the NHSBSA organisation database for pharmacy contractors. This can be found in the monthly Management Information Spreadsheet (MIS) FOIs that we have previously responded to which also show data held relating to each pharmacy. Under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available from the following web links:

April 22 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-25541

May/June 22 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-27707

July/August 22 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-27738

Sept 22 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-29892

Oct 22 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-30961

Nov 22 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-30997

Dec 22, Jan/Feb 23 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01103

Other published reports are also available online:

Advanced Service Flu Report – Pharmacy Contractors (this is publically available via the Catalyst system at https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/access-our-data-products/catalyst),

Practice Prescribing dispensing data,

Pharmacy and Appliance contractor dispensing data,

and the NHS Discharge Medicines Service (all found on the NHSBSA website).