Request

The NHSBSA makes payments for Covid-19 vaccinations to Primary Care Network (PCN) providers in England. May I request the following data for the calendar month of December 2024, in excel format:

Column 1 Year/month

Column 2 ODS Code for PCN

Column 3 Number of vaccinations claimed by the PCN

Column 4 Number of vaccinations paid by the PCN

Column 5 Total Payment made for administration of these Covid-19 vaccinations

Column 6 Total of ALL other miscellaneous payments relating to Covid-19 vaccinations made to PCN.

Response

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

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

Regarding requested column 6 Total of ALL other miscellaneous payments relating to Covid-19 vaccinations made to PCN. We do not hold information on miscellaneous payments. We do hold information on adjustments which could be either a payment or a deduction, following post-payment verification.

We do not hold PCN data that we can confidently join to the Lead PCN Practice ODS Code and so data is at Lead PCN Practice level.

The NHSBSA calculates payments for covid vaccinations to pharmacies and Primary Care Network (PCN) groupings in England. Each month, vaccine providers submit claims to request payment based on the General Practice Enhanced Service COVID-19 vaccination programme specification ('the specification').

Data included in this request is limited to vaccinations carried out by PCN groupings only.

Data included in this request is also limited to vaccinations administered in December 2024. The vaccine data is the latest held in the NHSBSA Data Warehouse.

Both the number of 'claimed' and 'paid' vaccinations have been reported in this request. Vaccination records are limited to those which have been associated with a declaration submission; data with a valid declaration is shown as 'claimed'. These will be marked as 'paid' subject to the rules in the General Practice Enhanced Service COVID-19 vaccination programme specification ('the service specification').

Payments comprise an Item of Service fee and potentially a Supplementary fee. Payments do not relate to the value of the drugs dispensed.

Payment data includes payments made and those scheduled for payment in the future. The NHSBSA sends payment files to Primary Care Support England for them to make payments to the PCN groupings, so we do not have information about the actual amounts paid.

The total used for the payment calculation may not match the totals shown in 'live' POC systems or MYS that continue to receive updates after the snapshot used to calculate payments was taken.

Please note that some vaccinations attract a supplementary fee, so it is not possible to determine the number of vaccinations by dividing the total paid by the basic Item of Service (IoS) fee.

This data does not include any adjustments made by NHSBSA Provider Assurance as part of any post payment verification exercise. These adjustments are made at account level and may relate to several months of activity.

It is possible for new records from old administration months to be entered in the future, thus the totals here for each administration month could change when more data is processed.

The columns proved are: Administration Month- the month in which the vaccine was administered to the patient ODS Code - the code from the NHS Organisation Data Service (ODS) for the GP practice that submits covid vaccination fee claims to NHSBSA on behalf of the PCN grouping which administered the vaccine to the patient Number of PCN Grouping Vaccinations Provisionally Paid - vaccinations administered in the requested period that were associated with a fee claim submission and were scheduled for payment according to the service specification at the time that the claim was processed. Provisional Payment Amount GBP - the calculated payment amount scheduled to be paid.

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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If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

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: “Data Warehouse, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” 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.