FOI-03662

Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request You asked us: ‘Pharmacy First initial fixed payments of £2000. Can you provide data relating to all pharmacy practices indicating if they met the criteria for receiving the £2000 fixed payment or not?’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 6 March 2026. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. ##Our response Under FOIA Section 21, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available on our Open Data Portal: ##December 2023 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02908 ##January and February 2024 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01916 ##March 2024 https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02117 To view FOIA section 21 in full: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21 ##Advice and assistance To locate the requested information, column GR within the MIS Pharmacy data - (PF_INITIAL_FIXED_PAYMENT) indicates which contractors received the £2000 fixed payment for meeting the relevant criteria during that month.