Request

I am writing with regard to a Freedom of Information request which you kindly dealt with for us. I would like to make a new request under the Freedom of Information Act, for the following data: The reference number for the previous request is 21269 and is regarding the FP10H dispensing data from ePACT2 at presentation level. We would like to request the same information in the same format for the month of December 2021.

The request is for the FP10H prescribing data as published at https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/prescription-data/prescribing-data/hospital-prescribing-dispensed-community which relates to Hospital prescriptions dispensed in the community but giving the dispenser code instead of the prescriber code.The fields we are requesting are Dispensing period (month/year), Dispenser Code, BNFCode, Items, Quantity and NIC.

Response

A copy of the information is attached.

The time period - December 2021.

Limitations - Prescribing limited to prescribing organisations in England marked as hospitals (this matches the published data in the above link). Please note – there are no limitations on:

*dispensing organisation

*prescribed products

Results are limited to items that have been reimbursed by the NHS BSA, omitting any items flagged as "Not Dispensed (ND)", "Returned Back (RB)" or "Disallowed (DA)"

Definitions

*Items shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed.

*Quantity normally shows the quantity of a product prescribed. However, where a product is packed in a'special container'(see Drug Tariff Part II Clause 10) the pharmacist is not required to split the pack and may supply the number of containers or original packs which provide the quantity nearest to that prescribed.In some circumstances these items show quantity as the number of units supplied i.e. 1 or 2 even though apack may contain 56 tablets.

*Net Ingredient cost (NIC) is the basic price of a drug as stated in Part II Clause 8 of the Drug Tariff but please note that where a price concession for items listed in Part VIIIA of the Drug Tariff has been agreed between the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee the NIC will reflect the concession price rather than the Drug Tariff price.

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-23317

Data Queries

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