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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 10 June 2021. Summary Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the number of items and the Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England. We consulted on the content and methodology…

This page was last reviewed and updated 11 May 2021 The official statistics we publish follow the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice for Statistics. The documents on this page describe the standards we follow to produce official statistics…

Published 20 June 2024.  Page last updated 27 February 2025. Publication NHS Help with Health Costs 2023/24 statistical summary narrative (HTML) This dashboard will allow you explore the data in more detail. Summary  The NHSBSA administers a…

Correction notice - model of expected items based on pre-pandemic prescribing trends was trained incorrectly in this release. Read our correction notices page for more details. Published 6 July 2023 This page was last reviewed and updated 15…

Published 9 November 2023 Summary  This publication aims to explore the costs of medicines prescribed within both primary and secondary care in England. This publication is an experimental Official Statistic release. it's produced in line with…

Published 14 September 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…

Published 7 September 2023.  Summary This publication aims to describe the prescribing of dependency forming medicines in a primary care setting in England that are dispensed in the community. This does not include data on medicines used in…

Published 7 December 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…

Published 7 March 2024 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…