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Field Value
Data last updated 16 December 2025
Metadata last updated 16 December 2025
Created 16 December 2025
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Data Dictionary

Column Title Type Description
FINANCIAL_YEAR Financial Year string The financial year for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA, from April to March in any given year.
EXEMPTION_CATEGORY_CODE Exemption Category Code string The specific code for the exemption category that was selected by the patient on the back of the prescription form.
EXEMPTION_CATEGORY Exemption Category string The exemption category that was selected by the patient on the back of the prescription form.
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).
ITEM_COUNT Items string Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed.