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Introducing Rate Limiting on the NHSBSA Open Data Portal
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Updated Dataset Available: Contractor Details on the Open Data Portal
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Coming soon: Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2023/2024 data on the Open Data Portal
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Pharmacy First Data included in the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) dataset

April 26, 2024
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26 March 2024


Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data will now include medicines supplied under the pharmacy's first pathways. These medicines aren't currently identifiable as Pharmacy First supplies in the February dataset.


We are committed to ensuring that there will be a method to identify this in the future.


Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data