Our support email addresses have changed
From 15 March 2023 we have replaced our support email addresses with one email address to make it easier to contact us: DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
One Drug Database (ODD) has been implemented - You can read more about the implementation and how this affects our systems and reports.
You can find out what’s included in each report category and any notes about how the data has been produced, for example, what is and what is not included in the data.
Common information reports
These reports are freely available to the general public.
Home oxygen therapy - Sub Integrated Care Board Locations (SICBL)
The Home Oxygen Therapy report is accessed via the Information Services Portal.
These reports are only available to users who have been authorised to view Home Oxygen Reports by their respective Organisations.
The system holds 24 months of data which is updated on a monthly basis.
Notes
Home oxygen therapy payments are made the month following supply.
What is included in the Home Oxygen Therapy Reports?
SICBL Payment Claim - Allow SICBLs/Regions to monitor the payments made to the oxygen suppliers for patients registered in their SICBL/region.
This report is split into three data views
- SICBL Payment Claim Summary
- SICBL Payment Claim - In Area Supply
- SICBL Payment Claim - Out of Area Supply
This report will detail the Claim to SICBLs for the oxygen supplied by their home regions as well as any out of area Supply
Resources
Information Services Portal user guidesGlossary of terms (Excel: 28KB)
If you have any queries, you can contact the Data Services team by emailing DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
Home Oxygen Therapy Adjustment Notification Form
This form should only be used to make adjustments to payments claimed by the supplier who has the contract for your SICBL area.
The form should clearly state the Supplier Name and Address, the region, SICBL name and SICBL code.
Please indicate if the amount is to be PAID to the supplier or DEDUCTED from the supplier.
All amounts stated should be excluding VAT.
The form should be signed by an authorised signatory. If you are unsure who the signatories for Home Oxygen Therapy Adjustments are for your organisation, contact the Customer Payment Team on 0191 244 6488.
The Home Oxygen Therapy Adjustment Form is available in both PDF and Word format and can be downloaded below:
Adjustment Form (Word: 234KB)Adjustment Form (PDF: 117KB)
Home Oxygen Therapy Out of Area Adjustment Notification Form
This form should only be used to make adjustments to payments that have been claimed by suppliers for Home Oxygen Therapy supplied to patients when they have been out of the SICBL area.
The form should clearly state the
- Supplier name and address
- Region
- SICBL name
- SICBL code.
Please indicate if the amount is to be PAID to the supplier or DEDUCTED from the supplier. All amounts stated should be excluding VAT.
The form should be signed by an authorised signatory. If you are unsure who the signatories for Home Oxygen Therapy Adjustments are for your organisation, contact the Customer Payment Team on 0191 244 6488.
Please note that the forms are designed to accommodate up to four adjustments on one notification, please ensure that the values are totalled correctly. Where possible complete each notification in full rather than submit multiple notifications with one value on each, please retain a copy of the authorised notification for your records.
The forms are accepted by fax or post, in order to reduce the risk of processing twice there is no requirement to post originals after they have been faxed. NHS Prescription Services processes the payment however, there is no payment monitoring performed by NHS Prescription Services.
If you require confirmation that the adjustments have been processed, the SICBL can check the reports on the system, where an adjustment is received towards the end of a month, it may not be processed until the following month.
Out of Area Adjustment Form (Word: 251KB)Out of Area Adjustment Form (PDF: 195KB)
Management Information Spreadsheet (MIS) report
Access to this report is restricted to authorised users only.
This report consists of a management information file detailing monthly Community Pharmacy and Appliance Payments by type of payment and contractor account. Payments include all drug costs, fees, patient charges, locally authorised payments. Other details such as the numbers of items dispensed and patients' charges collected are also included.
The management information files reflect the contractor's payment and prescription data associated with the ICB structure at the relevant payment date.
This information is provided to fulfil a number of requirements including:
- Pharmacy and appliance contractor payment monitoring
- Contract management
- Reconciling payments
- Audit
- Fraud prevention
NHSBSA has enhanced the support it currently offers to NHS England regional teams to manage the performance of pharmacy contracts by providing enriched information, analysis and insight on contractor payment and prescription data.
MIS Glossary (Excel: 84KB)LPC Levy Calculation from Mar 2020 Prescriptions (Excel: 36KB)LPC Levy Calculation Prior to December 2016 Prescriptions (Excel: 31KB)Guidelines to help answer some common queries (Word: 31KB)