The year and month for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA in the format YYYYMM.

The BNF Code is a 15-digit code in which the first seven digits are allocated according to the categories in the BNF and the last 8 digits represent the medicinal product, form, strength and the link to the generic equivalent product. NHS Prescription Services has created pseudo BNF chapters, which are not published, for items not included in BNF chapters 1 to 15. The majority of such items are dressings and appliances which NHS Prescription Services has classified into four pseudo BNF chapters (20 to 23).

The individual preparation name of the drug, which may be proprietary or generic, followed by strength and form.

The year and month for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA in the format YYYYMM.

The individual preparation name of the drug, which may be proprietary or generic, followed by strength and form.

The individual preparation name of the drug, which may be proprietary or generic, followed by strength and form.

Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed.

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.