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At the NHSBSA, we have a duty to tackle fraud, bribery, corruption and loss to the NHS across all of our services. Supported by our dedicated Loss and Fraud Prevention (LFP) team, we are committed to protecting public funds and to remove…

2015/16 to 2024/25 Annual summary statisticsDate of notice: 15 January 2026OverviewWe have identified an error in the way that we have calculated patient ages for a calendar year. This error has resulted in an overestimate of the number of patients…

Unidentified prescribing occurs when the costs from a prescription cannot be matched to a prescriber at that practice or organisation. If we cannot match a prescriber to a practice, we will attribute prescribing costs to the lead prescriber at…

This accessibility statement applies to NHSBSA Freedom of Information Request Portal website. This website is run by NHS Business Services Authority. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you…

Requesting information from NHSBSAThere are several ways to request information from us.The Freedom of Information Act (FOI) gives you the right to ask for information held by a public authority. Anyone can ask for this information, and we’ll…

There has been a number of queries raised relating to BNF code changes between December 2019 data and the release of January 2020 data. We have therefore taken the opportunity to publish additional mapping files to help customers understand and…

The annual BNF version changes are due to be implemented with January 2021 dispensing data, planned publication of this data is around mid-March 2021. The latest published mapping file shows the BNF presentation code as of December 2020 data…

The annual BNF version changes are due to be implemented with January 2022 dispensing data, planned publication of this data is around mid-March 2022. The latest published mapping file shows the BNF presentation code as of December 2021 data…

The annual version changes relating to the BNF Structure have been implemented with January 2024 dispensing data. The latest file shows the BNF presentation code as of December 2023 data against the BNF presentation code as of January 2024 data…

It is the maternity exemption certificate that entitles you to free NHS prescriptions, not being pregnant or having given birth in the last 12 months. If you do not have a valid maternity exemption certificate, you may be…