FOI-03697

Thank you for your request for information about the following:   Request     You asked us:    Please can I request an update to   FOI-03609, for the same query but to reflect the next data month available - that is, January 2026 (Year_Month  202601)     I am looking to ascertain the number of monthly prescription items, cost and quantity of each medicine included in list A (below), that are being prescribed to patients who are not also in receipt of any of the medicines from the group defined in list B (also below).        This information at a national (England) level would be most useful. Secondly, I would also like the information at ICB level.     My desired output in either xlsx or csv format, would be :   Date   BNFID (from listA)    Items to patients not getting anything from list B   "NIC" to patients not getting anything from list B   Quantity to patients not getting anything from list B    Location (England, or ICB code)   Nov-23   0601023ABAAAAAA     123   456   234   England   Nov-23   0601023AIBBAAAA   345   678   901   England     List A:     medicines with the following BNFID prefixes   0601023AB*, 0601023AI*, 0601023AQ*, 0601023AS*, 0601023AW*, 0601023AZ*, 0601023Y0*, ie:   0601023ABAAAAAA   0601023ABBBAAAA   0601023ABBCAAAA   0601023AIAAAAAA   0601023AIAAABAB   0601023AIAAACAC   0601023AIBBAAAA   0601023AIBBABAB   0601023AIBBACAC   0601023AQAAAAAA   0601023AQAAABAB   0601023AQAAACAC   0601023AQAAADAD   0601023AQBBAAAA   0601023AQBBABAB   0601023AQBBACAC   0601023AQBBADAD   0601023ASAAAAAA   0601023ASAAABAB   0601023ASBBAAAA   0601023ASBBABAB   0601023AWAAAAAA   0601023AWAAABAB   0601023AWAAACAC   0601023AWAAADAD   0601023AWAAAEAE   0601023AWAAAFAF   0601023AWAAAGAG   0601023AWAAAHAH   0601023AWAAAIAI   0601023AWBBAAAA   0601023AWBBABAB   0601023AWBBACAC   0601023AWBCAAAD   0601023AWBCABAE   0601023AWBCACAF   0601023AWBDAAAB   0601023AWBDABAG   0601023AWBDACAH   0601023AWBDADAI   0601023AWBDAEAJ   0601023AZAAAAAA   0601023AZAAABAB   0601023Y0AAAAAA   0601023Y0AAABAB   0601023Y0AAACAC   0601023Y0AAADAD   0601023Y0AAAEAE   0601023Y0BBAAAA   0601023Y0BBABAB   0601023Y0BCAAAC   0601023Y0BCABAD   0601023Y0BCACAE     List B:   List B - medicines with any of the following BNFID prefixes:   Note   0601011   7-digit   0601012   7-digit   0601021   7-digit   0601022   7-digit   0601040   7-digit   0601023B   8-digit   0601023I   8-digit   0601023R   8-digit   0601023S   8-digit   0601023U   8-digit   0601023V   8-digit   0601023W   8-digit   0601023X   8-digit   0601023Z   8-digit   0601023A0   9-digit   0601023AA   9-digit   0601023AC   9-digit   0601023AD   9-digit   0601023AE   9-digit   0601023AF   9-digit   0601023AG   9-digit   0601023AH   9-digit   0601023AJ   9-digit   0601023AK   9-digit   0601023AL   9-digit   0601023AM   9-digit   0601023AN   9-digit   0601023AP   9-digit   0601023AR   9-digit   0601023AU   9-digit   0601023AV   9-digit   0601023AX   9-digit   0601023AY   9-digit       The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 24 March 2026.     We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.    Our response     I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.    Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.    NHS Prescription Services process prescriptions for Pharmacy Contractors, Appliance Contractors, Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration with information then used to make payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors in England for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings (other arrangements are in place for making payments to Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration). This involves processing over 1 billion prescription items and payments totalling over 9 billion each year. The information gathered from this process is then used to provide information on costs and trends in prescribing in England and Wales to over 25,000 registered NHS and Department of Health and Social Care users.    Exclusions   The Data excludes:              Items not dispensed, disallowed and those returned to the contractor for further clarification.              Prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in Prisons, Hospitals and Private prescriptions.             Items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.    Data Source   The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse.    Time Period   January 2026    Organisation Data   The data provided is for prescriptions prescribed in England.    Drugs   Drug group A is limited to drugs with the following BNF prefixes 0601023AB*, 0601023AI*, 0601023AQ*, 0601023AS*, 0601023AW*, 0601023AZ*, 0601023Y0*  Drug group B is limited to drugs with the following BNF prefixes 0601011*, 0601012*, 0601021*, 0601022*, 0601040*, 0601023B*, 0601023I*, 0601023R*, 0601023S*, 0601023U*, 0601023V*, 0601023W*, 0601023X*, 0601023Z*, 0601023A0*, 0601023AA*, 0601023AC*, 0601023AD*, 0601023AE*, 0601023AF*, 0601023AG*, 0601023AH*, 0601023AJ*, 0601023AK*, 0601023AL*, 0601023AM*, 0601023AN*, 0601023AP*, 0601023AR*, 0601023AU*, 0601023AV*, 0601023AX*, 0601023AY*    Identified Patients   Prescriptions are only included if an NHS Number has been captured during NHSBSA processing. Where patient identifiable figures have been reported they are based on the information captured during the prescription processing activities.      Please note, patient details cannot be captured from every prescription form and based on the criteria used for this analysis, patient information (NHS number) was available for 99.49% of A drug prescription items and 99.67% of B drug prescription items.    Patients   Data is limited to prescriptions from patients with prescribing from Drug Group A, with no prescribing from Drug Group B, in the same month and ICB.    Publishing this response     Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:    https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-03697     Your personal details will be removed from the published response.    Data Queries     Please contact  [email protected]  ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.  Reusing the data and copyright     If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact  [email protected] . 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