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Medicines dispensed in Primary Care (NHSBSA data)
Population Size
18,824,070
People
Years
2015
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
https://www.geonames.org/6269131/england.html
Lead time
Other
Summary
Documentation
Since July 2020 NHS Digital has established a collection of data from electronic and paper prescriptions submitted to the NHSBSA for reimbursement each month.
The data comprises prescriptions for medicines that are dispensed or supplied by community pharmacists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors in England.
The data also includes:
prescriptions submitted by prescribing doctors, for medicines personally administered in England prescriptions written in England and dispensed outside of England prescriptions written in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey but dispensed in England
Data includes prescriptions issued by prescribers in:
general practice community clinics hospital clinics dentists community nursing services.
There are around 90 to 100 million rows of patient-level data in this collection per month. Each row represents each medicine or appliance on a prescription and includes personal data (for example NHS number) and special category data (data concerning health).
Timescales for dissemination of agreed data can be found under 'Our Service Levels' at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-process Standard response
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Observations
Observed Node | Disambiguating Description | Measured Value | Measured Property | Observation Date |
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Persons | Unique patients that have submitted prescriptions in Oct 2020. | 18824070 | Count | 31 Oct 2020 |
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Modified
08/10/2024
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Coverage
Start date
04/01/2015
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Data Access Request
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Access service description
Once your DARS application has been approved, data will be made available either by secure file transfer or through the Data Access Environment (DAE). Secure file transfer: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/transfer-data-securely DAE: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-environment-dae
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