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Medicines dispensed in Primary Care (NHSBSA data)

Population Size

18,824,070

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2015

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

https://www.geonames.org/6269131/england.html

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Other

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The Medicines Dispensed in Primary Care (NHSBSA) data comprises prescriptions for medicines that are dispensed or supplied by community pharmacists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors in England.

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

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Dataset population size

18824070

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

Unique patients that have submitted prescriptions in Oct 2020.

18824070

Count

31 Oct 2020

Provenance

Collection source setting

Other, Primary care - Clinic, Community, Private, Prescribing - Community pharmacy

Patient pathway description

Medicines in community settings

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

2.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

NHS ENGLAND

Coverage

Start date

04/01/2015

Time lag

1-2 months

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Unknown

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

DM+D, ODS

Format

CSV, Text

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Time to dataset access

Other

Access method category

TRE/SDE

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

Jurisdiction

GB-ENG

Data use requirements

Institution-specific restrictions,Project-specific restrictions,Time limit on use

Data Controller

NHS England (NHSE)

Data Processor

NHS England (NHSE)

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Other, Primary care - Clinic, Community, Private, Prescribing - Community pharmacy

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