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Data last updated 5 August 2025
Metadata last updated 5 August 2025
Created 5 August 2025
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Data Dictionary

Column Title Type Description
PERIOD Year and Month number The last of the rolling 12 month period for which prescriptions were considered. Based on the year and month for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA in the format YYYYMM.
SICBL_CODE SICBL Name string The name of the to a Sub-ICB Location (SICBL)
SICBL_NAME SICBL Name string The name of the to a Sub-ICB Location (SICBL)
PRACTICE_CODE Practice Code string Practice code is the unique identifying code attributed to a paitent practice.
PRACTICE_NAME Practice Name string The name of the patient practice
AGE_BAND Age Band string Indicates the age band for identifiable patients. Any patients with no recorded age are excluded
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).
SABA SABA number Number of patients prescribed 6 or more SABA inhalers plus at least one preventer and no antimuscarinic over a 12 month period. Numbers have been calculated at practice/cost centre level and rolled up to SICBL, to mimic the respiratory dashboard and therefore may include a small amount of double counting