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In England, 81% of all drugs in primary care are already prescribed generically, generating significant savings for the NHS.  Building on what’s been achieved with generic prescribing in recent years, we have developed a dashboard providing rapid…

In order to support the work of controlled drug (CD) accountable officers and SICBLs, a working group has supported us in the development of some CD metrics. The group have chosen a number of specific areas of prescribing to focus on, based on the…

The following will be implemented as part of NHS CCG structure changes as of 1 April 2021. The changes will apply to April 2021 dispensing data which will be released mid-June and will be implemented across all our reporting systems where applicable…

These population data sets can be used in conjunction with prescribing data. Variation in prescribing patterns between different practices, clinical commissioning groups and area teams may be influenced by population demographics. For example, an …

This dashboard shows 5 metrics that focus on safe prescribing. It allows users to identify groups of patients who might need a prescribing review or close physical health monitoring. The metrics are: Antidepressants Antipsychotics Lithium and…

The comparators in this dashboard have been developed in response to the National Overprescribing Review (NOR). They relate to the quality of the prescribing system in addressing or avoiding overprescribing. Specifically, the comparators relate to…

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) utilisation dashboards provide information on the electronic prescription service and electronic repeat dispensing. Since June 2020, several enhancements have been…

Access for registered users via ePACT2. The IPP report: shows the reimbursement costs for each prescribing organisation for prescriptions dispensed by pharmacy and appliance contractors is used by NHS England to calculate the charge shown in…

We recently told you about the ‘One Drug Database’ project we’re undertaking and our plan to provide the new dataset in January 2020 (November 2019 data). It looks like the project will be delayed by one month. We’re now aiming to go live in…

'Antibiotic quality premium' The NHS England antibiotic quality premium monitoring dashboard has been produced to help NHS England monitor Sub Integrated Care Board Locations' (SICBLs) (previously CCGs) performance in the delivery of the '…