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Field Value
Data last updated 4 September 2025
Metadata last updated 4 September 2025
Created 4 September 2025
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Data Dictionary

Column Title Type Description
YEAR_MONTH Year and Month number The year and month for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA in the format YYYYMM.
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.