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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 NHSBSA Contract Register dataset available on the Open Data Portal
1 July 2025

The Contract Register provides details of the goods and services procured by the NHSBSA and delivered by third party providers. Data includes the name of the supplier, start and end dates...
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New Datasets Now Available: NHS Volunteering Find and Apply Service - Key Performance Indicators

20 May 2025

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 datasets provide key performance metrics for the NHS Volunteering Service, a digital platform that enables NHS organisations—including Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Trusts, and GP practices—as well as Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations to advertise and manage volunteering opportunities. These datasets include metrics such as Completion Rate and Digital Take-up, alongside insights from the Customer Satisfaction Survey, which evaluates the overall user experience.

 

For more details on the datasets and their purpose, read our recent article: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/news/coming-soon-nhs-volunteering-find-and-apply-service-key-performance-indicators-datasets

 

Explore the datasets now:

You can access the data via the data explorer, download it directly, or connect via API. By creating an account, you can join discussion boards, follow datasets, and receive future updates.

 

We encourage you to:

  • explore the data to gain insights relevant to your work
  • share your findings to contribute to a wider understanding of NHS volunteering
  • let us know how you’re using the data and cite our datasets so others can benefit
  • provide feedback through our Data Services Team

Stay connected:

If you are a journalist or member of the media, please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk  with any queries about this data release.