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NHS England has written to NHS organisations with guidance on the access, processing and sharing of personal data as part of the Government’s contingency preparations for a ‘No Deal’ exit from the European Union (EU). View a summary of the EU exit…

Our policies show how we are governed and the important procedures we have in place to do our work. For example, the NHSBSA processes large volumes of data, including sensitive and financial information. Our data is one of our most valuable assets…

The Detailed Prescribing Information (DPI) currently available in Information Services Portal (ISP) is being decommissioned. The dataset January 2021 published in March 2021 was to be the final dataset to be published via ISP with future data…

Background and aim As part of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020 NHS England (NHSE) commissioned a prescriptions delivery service from community pharmacies to people classed as ‘shielded patients’ who were required to…

This is a message on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care On Monday 31 March 2025, the details of the contractual settlement for 2025/26 were announced, which included changes to Pharmacy First; one of the changes announced was a…

These reports contain data relating to the total NHS prescriptions dispensed and submitted to NHS Prescription Services by each dispenser type. Contact us if you have any queries.

Detailed Prescribing Information (DPI), available through the Information Services Portal, has now been decommissioned.  The prescribing data will now only be available as the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD) available through our Open Data Portal…

This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. Contractors should note from 1 September 2023 claims for payment for the NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service should be submitted via an IT…

From 1 March 2024, the monthly Flat Fee Payment paid to pharmacy contractors will be set at zero. In accordance with the standard payment schedules, this change will be reflected in payments made from June 2024. This is reflected in the Part VIA…

The API specification and testing guide for the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service have been updated to allow for the inclusion of supplies of oral emergency contraception. NHS Business Services Authority Contraception API specification. NHS…