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Alert 12 August 2025

A follow-up deployment on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal is expected to be completed by the end of August 2025. This will address outstanding actions from the recent update and support full implementation of the planned improvements.

Details of all fixes and enhancements will be shared in a future news article, while the initial deployment is covered in an existing news article.

If you encounter any issues or require support, please contact us at DataServiceSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk.

Additional Info

Field	Value
Data last updated	5 August 2025
Metadata last updated	5 August 2025
Created	5 August 2025
Format	text/csv
Licence	Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom)

Data Dictionary

Column	Title	Type	Description
PERIOD	Year and Month	integer	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 Code	string	SICBL code is the unique identifying code attributed 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	integer	Number of patients prescribed 3 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