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Data last updated 12 May 2026
Metadata last updated 12 May 2026
Created 12 May 2026
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Column Title Type Description
TIME_PERIOD Time Period string The period for which the claim for dispensed items has been submitted to NHSBSA
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).
TOTAL_UNIQUE_PATIENTS_PRESCRIBED_LEVOTHYROXINE Total unique patients prescribed levothyroxine number The number of unique identified patients prescribed Levothyroxine Sodium (BNF Code 0602010V0) or Levothyroxine sodium and liothyronine (BNF 0602010Z0) in the period
TOTAL_UNIQUE_NEW_PATIENTS_PRESCRIBED_LIOTHYRONINE Total unique new patients prescribed liothyronine number The number of unique identified patients prescribed Liothyronine Sodium (BNF Code 0602010M0) or Levothyroxine sodium and liothyronine (BNF 0602010Z0) in the period, who have not been prescribed either of those substances in the previous 12 months
TOTAL_UNIQUE_PATIENTS_PRESCRIBED_LEVOTHYROXINE_AND_FIVE_OTHER_MEDS_IN_SAME_OR_PREVIOUS_TWO_MONTHS Total unique patients prescribed levothyroxine and five other meds in same or previous two months number The number of unique identified patients prescribed Levothyroxine Sodium (BNF Code 0602010V0) or Levothyroxine sodium and liothyronine (BNF 0602010Z0) in the period, who were also prescribed five or more other products from BNF chapters 1-4 or 6-10 in the same or the previous 2 months. If prescribed Levothyroxine sodium and liothyronine (BNF 0602010Z0) then the liothyronine from this counts as one of the five
TOTAL_UNIQUE_PATIENTS_PRESCRIBED_LIOTHYRONINE_AND_FIVE_OTHER_MEDS_IN_SAME_OR_PREVIOUS_TWO_MONTHS Total unique patients prescribed liothyronine and five other meds in same or previous two months number The number of unique identified patients prescribed Liothyronine Sodium (BNF Code 0602010M0) or Levothyroxine sodium and liothyronine (BNF 0602010Z0) in the period, who were also prescribed five or more other products from BNF chapters 1-4 or 6-10 in the same or the previous 2 months. If prescribed Levothyroxine sodium and liothyronine (BNF 0602010Z0) then the Levothyroxine from this counts as one of the five
TOTAL_UNIQUE_PATIENTS_PRESCRIBED_FIVE_OR_MORE_MEDS_NOT_LIOTHYRONINE_OR_LEVOTHYROXINE_IN_SAME_OR_PREVIOUS_TWO_MONTHS Total unique patients prescribed five or more meds not liothyronine or levothyroxine in same or previous two months number The number of unique identified patients who were also prescribed five or more other products from BNF chapters 1-4 or 6-10 in the same or the previous 2 months, not including Levothyroxine Sodium (BNF Code 0602010V0), Liothyronine Sodium (BNF Code 0602010M0) or Levothyroxine sodium and liothyronine (BNF 0602010Z0)
ICB_AVERAGE_LIST_SIZE ICB Average List Size number The mean average number of patients registered to practices within the ICB for the period