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May 30, 2025

Who are we? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) processes fee claims and arranges payments to community pharmacies in England for providing COVID-19 vaccinations as part of an...

Updated Dataset Available: EPD with SNOMED CT Codes on the Open Data Portal
May 22, 2025

The English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) is now available in an updated format, incorporating Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) codes, on the NHS Business...

New Datasets Now Available: NHS Volunteering Find and Apply Service - Key Performance Indicators
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We’re pleased to announce that the NHS Volunteering Find and Apply Service - Key Performance Indicators datasets are now available on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal.   These...

Coming soon: NHS Volunteering Find and Apply Service - Key Performance Indicators datasets
April 22, 2025

Performance data for the NHS Volunteering Find and Apply Service will soon be published on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal. Available as two separate datasets, these will provide insights...

Coming Soon: Transition to the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) with SNOMED CT Codes
April 4, 2025

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is preparing to transition to the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) with Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT)...

New ODP datasets now available: BNF codes

April 15, 2025

The British National Formulary (BNF) codes dataset is now available on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal (ODP).

The dataset has migrated from being hosted on the Information Services Portal (ISP) to the ODP as part of a drive to improve services and better meet the needs of users in line with our our 2024-2029 stategy.

We are publishing three datasets on the ODP which will provide information on BNF code data:

  • a current year dataset hosting a monthly view of the BNF from January to December
  • a historic dataset showing previous year-end data
  • a dedicated monthly changes dataset showing monthly changes for the 'current calendar year’

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    Coming soon - BNF codes dataset

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