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Request

You asked us:

Thank you for supplying the data in FoI 24394 which covered the aggregated data for period 01-04-2020 to 31-03-2021.

May I request a rerun but with some additional columns as detailed below.

May I have this data aggregated and separated as:

• aggregated data for period 01-04-2021 to 31-03-2022

• aggregated data for period 01-04-2022 to 31-03-2023

• aggregated data for period 01-04-2023 to 31-03-2024

The data I would like for each separate aggregated period is:

• Field 1 Contractor Code

• Field 2 Contractor Name

• Field 3 Contractor trading name

• Field 4 Contract STP / ICB

• Field 5 Contractor Address

• Field 6 Contractor Postcode

• Field 7 Total Number items submitted for payment Standard in period

• Field 8 Total Number items submitted for payment ZERO in period

• Field 9 Total Number items submitted for payment Standard plus Zero in period

• Field 10 Net ingredient cost for period

• Field 11 Total Number (not £) of Medicine Use Reviews paid in period

• Field 12 Total Number (not £) of New Medicine Service paid in period

• Field 13 Total Number (not £) of CPCS paid in period

• Field 15 Total Number (not £) of Blood Pressure Checks paid in period

• Field 16 Total Number (not £) of AMBULATORY Blood Pressure Checks (ABPM) paid in period

• Field 17 Total Number (not £) of Incomplete Discharge medicine service paid in period

• Field 18 Total Number (not £) of Completed Discharge medicine service paid in period

• Field 19 Total Number (not £) of Influenza fees paid in period

• Field 20 Total Number (not £) of Contraceptive Ongoing fees paid in period

• Field 21 Total Number (not £) of Contraceptive Initiation fees paid in period

• Field 22 Total Number (not £) of Pharmacy First fees paid in period

• Field 23 Total Number (not £) of Urgent Supply fees paid in period

• Field 24 Total Number (not £) of Minor Ailment fees paid in period

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 17 September 2024.

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

Our response

Under Section 21 of the FOIA 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 below links:

Fields 1 to 6 and 11 to 24 are in the monthly dispensing data releases published under the Pharmacy and appliance contractor dispensing data section at https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/prescription-data/dispensing-data/dispensing-contractors-data

Fields 1, 2 and 7 to 10 are in previously published FOI responses as listed below, available on the Open Data Portal.

Apr 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-015939

May 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-18005

Jun 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-18005

Jul 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-018101

Aug 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-19173

Sep 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-19173

Oct 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-20253

Nov 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-20253

Dec 2021 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-23358

Jan 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-25450

Feb 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-25450

Mar 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-25541

Apr 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-25541

May 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-27648

Jun 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-27707

Jul 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-27738

Aug 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-29892

Sep 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-29892

Oct 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-30961

Nov 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-30997

Dec 2022 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01103

Jan 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01103

Feb 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01103

Mar 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01186

Apr 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01426

May 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01426

Jun 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01426

Jul 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01579

Aug 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01579

Sep 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01579

Oct 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01673

Nov 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01916

Dec 2023 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01916

Jan 2024 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01916

Feb 2024 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01916

Mar 2024 - https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02117

The Contractor Code and Contractor Name are in both datasets.

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - Freedom of Information Act 2000 (legislation.gov.uk)

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02233