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This page was last reviewed and updated 26 March 2021. Feedback We asked We invited feedback on our proposed plans to make changes to the underlying methodology used in the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) – England National Statistics…

Correction notice - a column was omitted from the presentation level tables of the latest release Read our correction notices page for full details. Go to our Office for Statistics Regulation Assessment page to view their assessment of…

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This page was last reviewed and updated on 13 April 2022. Feedback We asked We invited feedback on the changes made to the Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community Official Statistics publication, including the change of data source. The…

This page was last reviewed and updated on 26 October 2022. Several of our publications hold National Statistics status. National Statistics status means that a publication meets the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality, and public value…

We provide actionable insight through data science and advanced analytics. We do this using collaboration, innovation and experimentation.  We work across the NHSBSA, and with external organisations such as NHS England, to provide new insights from…

Published 9 March 2023 Summary Mental health is a key area of the NHS Long Term Plan published in 2019. This publication aims to describe the prescribing of medicines used to improve mental health in England that are subsequently dispensed in the…

Key findings The comparison of expected uptake to the actual volume of medicines used in the NHS in England is available in the national level medicine groupings interactive dashboard. You can find the dashboard on the online web platform. The…

Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) is an accredited official statistic release. It provides details of the number of items and the Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England. As well as the annual PCA…

It has been identified that a column, Standard Quantity Unit, was omitted from the presentation level tables of the latest release. This affects Table 5 (Presentations) in the Prescription Cost Analysis 2019 – Statistical summary tables [Excel: 3.…