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Update on Dispensing Data Format – Temporary Support Period
5 August 2025

To support users in transitioning to the new formatting standards introduced under ODP Best Practice and Statistical guidelines, we will be providing the April, May, and June 2025...
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Dispensing datasets now available on the Open Data Portal 
29 July 2025

Three dispensing datasets have now migrated onto the Open Data Portal (ODP):   Dispensing Doctors and Personally Administered (PADM) report  Practice Prescribing Dispensing...
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Coming soon: Urgent Dental Appointments dataset
23 July 2025

We are pausing the planned release of monthly urgent dental treatment data. This decision has been made to allow further review and reflection on the methodology, including an assessment...
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New Datasets Now Available: Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme
9 July 2025

Data in relation to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) has been published on our Open Data Portal.  The VDPS provides a one-off, tax-free payment, currently of £120,000....
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Finalised Secondary Care Medicines Dataset (SCMD) for 2024/25 Financial Year — now available
8 July 2025

What’s new in this release The SCMD provides a provisional view of stock activity across NHS Trust sites. Each July, an annual finalised release is published for the preceding...
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New Dataset Now Available: Dental New Patient Premium data

11 February 2025

The Dental Recovery Plan dataset has now been published on the NHSBSA open data portal.

For more information, including the context and reasoning behind the publication, please refer to our recent article.

This dataset provides valuable insights into [the uptake of the New Patient Premium (NPP) at Integrated Care Board (ICB) level, including the monthly number of patients and units of dental activity. It's a valuable resource for dental commissioners, dental providers, researchers, analysts, and anyone interested in the introduction of the New Patient Premium.

Explore the dataset now:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/dental-new-patient-premium

You can access the data via the data explorer, download it directly, or connect via API. Create an account for access to the discussion boards about the data and the ability to follow datasets for future updates.

We encourage you to:

  • explore the data and discover insights relevant to your needs
  • let us know about any exciting use of the data and cite our data so that others can benefit too
  • share your findings and contribute to a wider understanding of the data through the discussion boards
  • provide feedback on the dataset through our Data Services Support Team

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