Thank you for your request for information about the following:
I am looking for an UK National Regional Comprehensive list of all Pharmacies with the information below, also if the information can be categorized into Independent Groups with 5+ shops/branches that fall into one or possibly more company entities.
Pharmacy Name / TA - Company Name - Post code - Total items dispensed for Drug Tariff Special - Total items dispensed for Non-Drug Tariff Special - Total items dispensed for Special Obtains. / Total items dispensed for Part VIII D
Please Note I would like to see every postcode nationally by region.
I require data for Special Order Products and DT Special Order Products and that would exclude all categories below:
Whitelist Appliances
Food Substances
Branded Generic drugs
Named Patient Items
Borderline Substances
Short Supply Products
Made to Measure Hosiery
Homeopathic
Dressings, bandages and slings
Cover creams
Dermatology products
Allergy products
Compression products
Time Period for the Data : January 2022 to Latest Month data available in 2023.
I want it to be segregated as :
- Annually - From Jan 2022 to December 2022
- Annually - From Jan 2023 to June (preferably) 2023
- Total - From Jan 2022 to June (preferably) 2023.
Please include the following details :
Financial Year
Region Code
Region
Pharmacy Code
Pharmacy Name
Pharmacy Trading Name
Pharmacy Area Code
Pharmacy
Postcode
Contractor Type
Items
Non Drug Tariff Special Oder / Drug Tariff Special Order Products / Part VIIID Drug Tariff Special Order Products / Special Order Products
Your request was received on 17 July 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Summary of Response
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 data is available monthly from FOI-01020 (January 2022 – February 2023) and FOI-01261 (March 2023 – May 2023)
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01020
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01261
This is the latest data currently available. Aggregation can be performed (where appropriate) yourself for the time period you require.