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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has been internationally recognised for its database administration and its work on helping the NHS to improve patient care, winning two Oracle awards - the Excellence Award for Data Management Innovation…

NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) will launch its Open Data Portal (ODP) by the end of March 2020 which will give everyone, from NHS commissioners to the public, easy access to data. The NHSBSA Open Data Portal is being developed using ‘CKAN…

This page was last reviewed and updated on 21 April 2022. User engagement We're committed to getting the views of users and feedback on all of our statistical products. Following feedback from previous user engagement sessions, we've decided to…

Suppliers of medicinal products and medical devices have a vital role to play in maintaining the dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d). The dm+d is the recognised NHS standard (SCC10052) for identifying and communicating medicinal product and…

From November 2021 (for October 2021 prescriptions), a new advance payment timetable has been introduced for all pharmacy contractors. This means contractors will receive payment approximately 20 days earlier in comparison to the previous payment…

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem that impacts all countries and all people. The Department of Health and Social Care sets out a 5-year national action plan and a 20-year vision to tackle AMR. The UK 5-year action plan: Tackling…

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…

The national medicines optimisation opportunities dashboard has been developed with NHS England to bring together data to support the national medicines optimisation opportunities 2024/25. It includes metrics to support 12 of the opportunity areas…

One Drug Database (ODD) has been implemented - ​​​​ You can read more about the implementation and how this affects our systems and reports. You can find out what’s included in each report category and any notes about how the data has been produced…

Our GP Assurance team is working in collaboration with Primary Care Networks, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Health Innovation Networks to help prescribers and dispensers realise the benefits of increased electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) use…