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Coming soon: Updated Contractor Details Dataset 29 November 2024

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Contractor Details dataset will soon be updated with additional fields. The dataset is scheduled to be updated during December 2024, though...

New Dataset Available: Immigration Health Surcharge - 'Students' and 'Health & Care' (digital application) key performance indicators 9 September 2024

The Immigration Health Surcharge - 'Students' and 'Health & Care' (digital application) key performance indicators datasets have now been published on the NHSBSA open data portal....

Upcoming Release: Immigration Health Surcharge Reimbursement Data 28 August 2024

In the coming weeks, the latest performance data for the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) reimbursement scheme will be published to the open data portal for the first time.   The...

Coming Soon: Scottish Dispensing Data Publication on the Open Data Portal 5 August 2024

The NHSBSA data services team are using the open data portal to publish data from English prescriptions that were dispensed in Scotland during the period of May 2023 to April 2024.  ...

New Dataset Available: NHSBSA Commercial Pipeline Now Live on NHSBSA Open Data! 26 July 2024

We're excited to announce the official launch of the NHSBSA Commercial Pipeline dataset on the NHSBSA Open Data portal.   For more information, see the recent article explaining the...

Implementing CAPTCHA on NHSBSA Open Data Portal Registration 22 July 2024

In recent months, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has identified attempts to create automated accounts on the Open Data Portal. To further strengthen our defences and...

New Open Publication: NHSBSA Commercial Pipeline 15 July 2024

Our NHSBSA Commercial Team has been working with colleagues in the Open Data Team within Data, Digital and Technology (DDaT) to use our Open Data Portal to publish the commercial...

Changes to Actual Cost reporting calculation (Pharmacy only) 28 May 2024

We've updated our prescription data reports to reflect the recent changes to the discount deduction applied to pharmacy contractors' monthly total of reimbursement prices, listed in the...

Pharmacy First Data included in the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) dataset 26 April 2024

Document 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...

Changes to the ‘standard’ compressed file type (.ZIP -> .GZ) 17 April 2024

In response to feedback from our users, we've made some adjustments to the standard file type when downloading compressed data from the Open Data Portal. This change is aimed at enhancing...

Latest improvements on the Open Data Portal 29 March 2023

Latest Improvements We are really excited to announce that the latest release of improvements on the Open Data Portal are now live. New dedicated FOI response area One of biggest changes...

Changes to the Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) 20 March 2023

We have made changes to the Secondary Care Medicines data (SCMD) we publish. We previously published Secondary Care Medicines Data in two locations on the Open Data Portal. Secondary Care...

Exciting new user features on the Open Data Portal 20 October 2022

We are delighted to let you know about new functionality on the Open Data Portal. User accounts that enable you to follow and get updates (like when new data is available) on the datasets...

Let us know how you use the Open Data Portal 4 October 2022

The NHS Business Services Authority want to make more of our data open, so that people can innovate and create value across the health and care system. In early 2020 we launched the Open...