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Combatting antimicrobial resistance, the UK’s second five-year national action plan continues to promote optimal use of antimicrobials in humans to ensure safe and effective patient care by strengthening antimicrobial stewardship programmes. There…

Some patients have certain clinical needs that can’t be met by licensed medicinal products. The law allows the manufacture and supply of unlicensed medicines which are called special orders (or specials) that meet these clinical needs. Special…

The ePACT2 system is available only to those users who have registered to access. Prospective users must choose the relevant access required from the selection available below. It is important that users read the information and requirements before…

Update: Improved Access to Dispensed Prescriptions Data We are in the process of moving dispensed prescription data for Pharmacy, Appliance, Dispensing Doctor, and PADM dispensing to the NHSBSA Open Data Portal. Once complete, this transition will…

A full review of Average Daily Quantity (ADQ) values populated on our internal NHSBSA drug database has been undertaken by our Medicines Data team, due to information users querying some of the values published. This review was conducted using the…

The eOPS system is available only to those who have registered for an account. It is important that users read the information and requirements before applying to access eOPS. eOPS Account Types Commissioner Access This will give you access…

Our Special Edition of NHS Prescription Services' Hints & Tips for Information Services users is now available to read on our website, containing information and advice on how to get the best from ePACT2.

The following are now licensed and available: Elmiron 100mg capsules (Consilient Health Ltd) Elmiron 100mg capsules (Sovereign Medical Ltd) Instead of using Elmiron 100mg capsules (Imported (United States)) or unlicensed Pentosan polysulfate…

Access for: registered users via ePACT2 public users via Catalyst Repeat dispensing reports are a set of reports which provide information at both cost and item level. Report notes There are 3 data views available, which are: National…

Diabetes prescribing comparators show prescribing patterns for patients treated with antidiabetic drugs. Clinicians developed them to support better prescribing. They let you see variation, and identify areas of interest for further investigation…