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Volume and cost of prescribing charts
These charts are updated each month and show up to five years' data.
They show the:
number and cost of items
number of items declared by pharmacy contractors
Number of items declared by pharmacy contractors in England
At the end of each…
Medicines optimisation: key therapeutic topics consultation for the 2017 update
As part of the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Programme's work to support the Department of Health and NHS England with Medicines Optimisation, they are in the process of updating the Medicines optimisation: key therapeutic topics document. The…
ePACT2 user agreement (EUA)
This ePACT2 User Agreement (EUA) is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA).
NHSBSA grants you the right to access the NHSBSA’s online system, ePACT2, which includes…
Medicines optimisation - polypharmacy
The polypharmacy prescribing comparators will help Sub Integrated Care Board Locations (SICBLs) and GP practices understand the variation in prescribing of multiple medicines. They'll also help to identify patients who are more likely to be exposed…
Prescribing monitoring document (PMD)
Access to PMD for:
registered users is through ePACT2
public users is through Catalyst - for national PMD report
PMD provides monthly financial information about prescribing costs against budgets. This allows the drugs element of unified…
Antimicrobial Stewardship – Urinary Tract Infection dashboard
Combatting antimicrobial resistance, the UK’s second five-year national action plan continues to promote optimal use of antimicrobials in humans to ensure safe and effective patient care by strengthening antimicrobial stewardship programmes. There…
Top 500 Quarters to December 2024
Some patients have certain clinical needs that can’t be met by licensed medicinal products. The law allows the manufacture and supply of unlicensed medicines which are called special orders (or specials) that meet these clinical needs. Special…
Registering for ePACT2
The ePACT2 system is available only to those users who have registered to access.
Prospective users must choose the relevant access required from the selection available below. It is important that users read the information and requirements before…
Dispensing contractors' data
Update: Improved Access to Dispensed Prescriptions Data
We are in the process of moving dispensed prescription data for Pharmacy, Appliance, Dispensing Doctor, and PADM dispensing to the NHSBSA Open Data Portal.
Once complete, this transition will…
ADQ (Average Daily Quantity) usage data
A full review of Average Daily Quantity (ADQ) values populated on our internal NHSBSA drug database has been undertaken by our Medicines Data team, due to information users querying some of the values published. This review was conducted using the…