Prescribing data

Prescribing is the most common patient-level intervention in the NHS, and covers all sectors of care: primary, hospital, public and community health. It is the second highest area of spending in the NHS, after staffing costs.

Our prescribing team extracts and analyses prescribing data to identify trends and variation, and to support national policy. We produce reports and publications. We work closely with a range of organisations which have an interest in this information, including the NHS Business Services Authority, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Department of Health.

Prescribing measures, indicators and comparators (archive)

The page was last updated in 2012. The NHS BSA have since undertaken a review of ADQ values in 2022 and should be contacted for the latest list of values.

NHS Business Services Authority NHS Prescription Services

NHS Prescription Services calculates the remuneration and reimbursement due to dispensing contractors across England.

BNF

BNF Publications provide doctors, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals with sound, up-to-date, and timely information about the use of drugs by including key information on the selection, prescribing, dispensing, and administration of drugs.

NICE

NICE's role is to improve outcomes for people using the NHS and other public health and social care services.