GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - February 2012
Warning: Large file size (over 500MB). Each monthly data set is large (over 4 million rows) but can be viewed in standard software such as Microsoft WordPad. It is then possible to select the required rows of data and copy and paste the information into another software application, such as a spreadsheet.
What does the data cover?
General practice prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed and dispensed each month. A record will only be produced when this has occurred and there is no record for a zero total.
For each practice in England, the following information is presented at chemical level for each medicine (by chemical name), dressing and appliance;
the total number of items prescribed and dispensed
the total net ingredient cost
the total actual cost
The data covers NHS prescriptions written in England and dispensed in the community in the UK. Prescriptions written in England but dispensed outside England are included. The data includes prescriptions written by GPs and other non-medical prescribers (such as nurses and pharmacists) who are attached to GP practices.
GP practices are identified only by their national code, so an additional data file - linked to the first by the practice code - provides further detail in relation to the practice.
Data
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T201202PDP IEXT.CSVCSV
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - February 2012: Practice...
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T201202ADD REXT.CSVCSV
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - February 2012: Practice codes,...
Additional Information
| Coverage Start Date | 2012-02-01 |
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| Coverage End Date | 2012-02-29 |
| Origin | http://digital.nhs.uk/searchcatalogue?productid=8380&q=GP+PRescribing+Data&sort=Relevance&size=10&page=15#top |
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| Homepage | |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| Publisher | NHS Digital |
| Visibility | PUBLIC |
| frequency | Monthly |