Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I was wondering if you would be able to develop on top of the FOI Request FOI-01537 and FOI-01681.

Chapter 23: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01097 (January 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01206 (January 2021 - March 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01322 (April 2023 - May 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01506 (June 2023 - August 2023)

Chapter 20-22: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01374 (January 2021-May 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01505 (June 2023 - August 2023)

Chapter 20-22 and Chapter 23: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01537 (April 2023 - September 2023) https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01681 (October 2023 - November 2023)

The data in these requests were from the data source ‘NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse’ with the Columns YEAR_MONTH, PRACTICE_CODE, DISPENSER_CODE, BNF_CHAPTER_CODE, BNF_CODE, PRODUCT_ORDER_NUMBER, PACK_ORDER_NUMBER, EPD_BNF_20_21_22, EPD_BNF_23, AC_FLAG, ENG_PRESC_BNF20_23, NIC_GBP, ITEMS and TOTAL_QUANTITY.

Would it be possible for the data to be limited to prescribing within BNF Chapter 20 - Dressings, Chapter 21 – Appliances and Chapter 22 – Incontinence Appliances, Chapter 23 - Stoma Appliances, limited to England, Wales, Scotland, Guernsey, Alderney, Jersey, and the Isle of Man.

The data excludes:

• Items not dispensed, disallowed and those returned to the contractor for further clarification.

• Prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in Prisons, Hospitals and Private prescriptions.

• Items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.

Could we have the same caveats so that the data matches with the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD).

Would it be possible to have the data in the same format for December 2023 to the latest possible month please?

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 information you requested is available from web link:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01795

To limit to both prescribing which would be in the EPD and in the BNF chapters 20-23, you can filter on the columns EPD_FLAG to 'EPD' and on BNF_APPLIANCE_FLAG to 'appliance'.

This Data contains December 2023 and January 2024 data (the latest currently held)