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Data Dictionary

Column Title Type Description
PRESC_ICB_NAME ICB Name string

The name of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) associated with the prescribing organisation.

GENDER Gender string

Patient gender has been reported using the latest patient gender information held by the NHSBSA Information Services data warehouse at the time that the data was extracted. This uses information from either the most recent Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) message or from the last time that NHSBSA received data about the patient's gender from NHS Personal Demographics Service. Gender is either: Male, Female, Not Known (where no information is held) or Indeterminate (where information is held which does not confirm either Male or Female).

UNIQUE_PATIENTS Unique Patients number

A count of identified patients whose NHS Number was recorded during prescription processing, where each patient is counted once per row in which they appear, regardless of the number of prescriptions matching these criteria.