FOI03368
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | 4 December 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | 4 December 2025 |
| Created | 4 December 2025 |
| Format | text/csv |
| Licence | Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom) |
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. |
| ITEM_COUNT | Items | number | Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. |
| TOTAL_QUANTITY | Total Quantity | number | Total quantity is the number of items multiplied by the quantity prescribed. e.g. 2 items prescribed, one with a quantity of 2 and one with a quantity of 3, the total quantity would show as 5 (1 item x quantity of 2) + (1 item x quantity of 3) |
| REPEAT_PRESC_TYPE | Repeat Prescription Type | string | Categorises prescriptions into different types (e.g., Paper, EPS Acute, EPS Repeat, Repeat Dispensing, Other) based on information from the GP IT system. |
| REPEAT_PRESCRIPTIONS | Repeat Prescriptions | number | A count of repeat prescriptions in that category for the given month. |