FOI-03836

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, March 2026 (Year_Month 202603) 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 19 May 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. They use this information 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. Items supplied under NHS pharmacy advanced services. Data Source The data source was the NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse. Time Period March 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 99.43% of A drug prescription items and 99.69% 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. ##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] . This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 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