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Correction notice – Data for some advanced services were aggregated incorrectly resulting in inflated figures for this release Read our correction notices page for full details. Published 13 October 2022 Summary Community pharmacies and…

Correction notice - SNOMED codes in the national summary tables were incorrectly formatted. Read our correction notices page for more details. Published 8 June 2023 This page was last reviewed and updated 27 July 2023. Summary Prescription…

Published 10 August 2023. Summary Diabetes features as one of the priorities for care and quality outcomes in the NHS Long Term Plan.  This publication aims to describe the prescribing of medicines and appliances, used for the treatment of…

Published 6 June 2024. Publication Prescription Cost Analysis England 2023/24 - statistical summary narrative (HTML) Summary Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the costs and volumes of all prescriptions dispensed in the…

Misinterpreting active community pharmacies We have been made aware that our headline figure for active community pharmacies can be misinterpreted. We would like to draw your attention to some important information for this figure. When a…

Published 19 November 2020. Summary Community pharmacies and appliance contractors are responsible for dispensing medications, appliances, and medical devices to NHS patients. They are not a direct part of the NHS but provide essential services on…

Published 5 November 2020. Summary Diabetes features as one of the priorities for care and quality outcomes in the NHS Long Term Plan. This publication aims to describe the prescribing of medicines and appliances used for the treatment of…

Published 26 August 2021. Summary Diabetes features as one of the priorities for care and quality outcomes in the NHS Long Term Plan.  This publication aims to describe the prescribing of medicines and appliances used for the treatment of…

Published 28 October 2021. Summary Community pharmacies and appliance contractors are responsible for dispensing medications, appliances, and medical devices to NHS patients. They are not a direct part of the NHS but provide essential services on…

Background In December 2011, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) set out plans to support the development, adoption and spread of innovation in the NHS. It published a report titled "Innovation, Health and Wealth, accelerating adoption…