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Coming soon: 700k Additional Urgent Dental Appointments dataset
27 June 2025

Data on the the government's initiative to provide 700,000 additional urgent dental care appointments in 2025/26 will soon be published on the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)...
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English community pharmacy COVID-19 vaccination service fees datasets now available
25 June 2025

The English community pharmacy COVID-19 vaccination service fees datasets are now available on the NHSBSA open data portal. These datasets provide valuable insights into...
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Platform Improvements: What’s New on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal
16 June 2025

What’s New on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal We’ve recently introduced a series of improvements to the NHSBSA Open Data Portal to enhance usability, strengthen security, and...
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Coming soon: Dispensing data published on the Open Data Portal
10 June 2025

In the coming weeks, we will migrate the publishing of three Dispensing datasets from the Dispensing contractors' data | NHSBSA onto the Open Data Portal (ODP): Dispensing Doctors and...
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Available soon: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) datasets
5 June 2025

Data in relation to the number of claims received by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) will soon be available on our Open Data Portal (ODP). The VDPS provides a one-off, tax-free...
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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
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    The NHSBSA Open Data Team