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Field Value
Data last updated 18 November 2025
Metadata last updated 18 November 2025
Created 18 November 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.
DISPENSER_CODE Dispenser Code string Dispenser code is the unique identifying code attributed to a dispensing organisation.
DISPENSER_NAME Dispenser Name string The name of the dispensing organisation.
ICB_CODE ICB Code string ICB code is the unique identifying code attributed to an Integrated Care Board (ICB).
ICB_NAME ICB Name string The name of the Integrated Care Board (ICB).
ITEMS Items number Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed.
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.
PATIENT_IDENTIFIED Patient Identified Flag string A Y/N field which describes whether the patient's NHS number could be read from the prescription form or EPS message. "Y" indicates that the NHS number was read and the patient identified and "N" indicates that it wasn't.