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Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Annual Statistics

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Community Prescribing & Dispensing

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Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Annual Statistics

The PCA release is an Official Statistic with National Statistic designation.

The lowest granularity of data in the publication for both financial and calendar year is added here. PCA contains information on all prescription items dispensed in England and submitted to the NHSBSA for reimbursement.

The full statistical release, including more information on what the statistics contain, can be found on our website and you can specifically read the Prescription Cost Analysis Background Information and Methodology to understand more about the data.

Notices

12 July 2023

It was identified that data had been assigned to the incorrect SNOMED code in the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Annual Statistics data release for Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) - Financial Year 2022/23. This is due to products being assigned the pack level SNOMED code in March instead of the product level SNOMED code.

This issue has now been fixed and the correct data for Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) - Financial Year 2022/23 is now available from this page

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Additional Info

Field Value
Source NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data warehouse
Contact Official Statistics Team
Version 1.0
State active
Last Updated March 5, 2025, 11:10 (UTC)
Created June 8, 2021, 14:10 (UTC)