Request

Following the previously published FOI 03127 request on September 19th 2025, can you please provide me a spreadsheet which contains the following fields by month for the months July, August and September 2025 for all English Appliance Contractors in England.

YEAR_MONTH
CONTRACTOR_ACCOUNT_TYPE
CONTRACTOR_CODE
CONTRACTOR_NAME
CONTRACTOR_ADDRESS
POSTCODE
CONTRACTOR_START_DATE
CONTRACTOR_INACTIVE_DATE
INTEGRATED_CARE_BOARD_CODE
INTEGRATED_CARE_BOARD_NAME
NUMBER_EPS_MESSAGES
NUMBER_EPS_ITEMS
NUMBER_TOTAL_FORMS
NUMBER_STANDARD_PX
REFERRED_BACK_ITEMS
NUMBER_CHARGEABLE_PX_CURRENT
NUMBER_CHARGEABLE_PX_PREVIOUS
NUMBER_ELAS_HOSIERY_PX_CHARGE
VAT_REGISTERED
NUMBER_AUR_CONDUCTED_HOME
NUMBER_AUR_CONDUCTED_PREMISES
BASIC_PRICE_NIC
VAT_AMOUNT
PROFESSIONAL_DISPENSING_FEE
INFRASTRUCTURE_PAYMENT
APPLIANCE_MEASURED_FITTED_FEE
APPLIANCE_HOME_DELIVERY_FEE
EXPENSIVE_PX_FEE_VALUE
STOMA_CUSTOMISATION_FEE
STOMA_CUSTOMISATION_FEE_ADJ
AUR_CONDUCTED_HOME_FEE
AUR_CONDUCTED_PREMISES_FEE
AUR_CONDUCTED_FEE_ADJUSTMENT
CHARGEABLE_PX_CURRENT_VALUE
CHARGEABLE_PX_PREVIOUS_VALUE
CHARGEABLE_PX_ELAS_HOS_VALUE
ADJUSTMENT_PRODUCTS
ADJUSTMENT_FEE
ETP_RELEASE_1_PAYMENT
ETP_RELEASE_2_PAYMENT
ETP_ALLOWANCE
OUT_OF_POCKET_EXPENSES

Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

September 2025

NHS Prescription Services process prescriptions for pharmacy contractors, appliance contractors, dispensing doctors and personal administration with information then used to make payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors in England for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings (other arrangements are in place for making payments to dispensing doctors and personal administration). This involves processing over 1 billion prescription items and payments totalling over £9 billion each year. The information gathered from this process is then used to provide information on costs and trends in prescribing in England and Wales to over 25,000 registered NHS and Department of Health and Social Care users.

Data source

Source System – Insight Data Warehouse.

Time period

September 2025 - Appliance contractor data

This dataset

This report consists of a management information file detailing monthly community pharmacy payment by type of payment and contractor account. Payments include all drug costs, fees, patient charges, locally authorised payments, etc. Other details such as the numbers of items dispensed and patient charges collected are also included.

The management information file reflects the contractor's payment and prescription data associated with the Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) structure at the relevant payment date.

Disclosure Control

For further information relating to the payments included within this data dictionary, please consult the NHS Business Services Authority's Electronic Drug Tariff and NHS Prescription Services payment information (Local Authorised Payments National Menu):

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/drug-tariff
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/dispensing-contractors-information/payment-information

July 2025 and August 2025

Under Section 21 of the FOIA we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you.

The information you have requested can be accessed at the following link:
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03295

Please see the following link to view Section 21 in full:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

Reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:
“Insight Data Warehouse, NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.