Contractor Activity - 2024

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Information relating to Community Pharmacy activity and the direct pharmaceutical care services they provide. 2024 data by month is shown for each contractor for the following:

Overall dispensing activity

Pharmacy First Service and subservices under Pharmacy First

Medicines: Care and Review Service

Emergency Hormonal Contraception service

Smoking Cessations Service

Methadone dispensing

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Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
PaidDateMonth numeric

The month in which the prescription item was processed by the Data Capture Validation and Pricing system (YYYYMM)

Contractor numeric

A code to identify a dispensing individual. Codes are unique across dispenser types and are banded according to NHS Board

NumberOfPaidItems numeric

The number of prescription items dispensed and for which the dispenser has been reimbursed

GrossIngredientCost numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (GIC) is the reimbursement cost for the paid quantity based upon the NHS basic price as listed in the Scottish drug tariff or manufacturer’s price list

MCRItems numeric

Number of items paid through Medicines: Care and Review Service.

Note that this field was previously named CMSItems (for the Chronic Medication Service) and was updated on 8th December 2020

MCRRegistrations numeric

Actual number of patients registered for Medicines: Care and Review Service.

Note that this field was previously named CMSRegistrations (for the Chronic Medication Service) and was updated on 8th December 2020.

MCRPayment numeric

Capitation Payment (£) for providing Medicines: Care and Review Service.

Note that this field was previously named CMSCapitationPayment (for the Chronic Medication Service) and was updated on 8th December 2020.

EHCItems numeric

Number of items paid through Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) service

SmokingCessationItems numeric

Number of items paid through Smoking Cessations Service

SmokingCessationPayment numeric

Payment (£) for providing Smoking Cessations Service

InstalmentDispensings numeric

The number of instalment dispensings for which the dispenser has claimed for and has been reimbursed

MethadoneDispensingFeeNumber numeric

Number of methadone dispensing fees

MethadoneDispensingFeeRate numeric

Methadone dispensing fee rate (£), where advised

SupervisedDispensingFeeNumber numeric

Number of supervised dispensing fees

SupervisionFeeRate numeric

Rate of supervised dispensing fees (£), where advised

FinalPayments numeric

Total payment (£) made to the contractor

PFPayment numeric

Payment (£) for providing the Pharmacy First Service including all subservices

PFItems numeric

Number of items paid for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Service. This excludes items dispensed through Pharmacy First subservices.

PFItemsGIC numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (see above) for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Service. This excludes items dispensed through Pharmacy First subservices.

PFIPTItems numeric

Number of items paid for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Impetigo subservice.

PFIPTItemsGIC numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (see above) for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Impetigo subservice.

PFUTIItems numeric

Number of items paid for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First UTI (urinary tract infection) subservice.

PFUTIItemsGIC numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (see above) for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First UTI (urinary tract infection) subservice.

PFSHNItems numeric

Number of items paid for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Shingles subservice.

PFSHNItemsGIC numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (see above) for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Shingles subservice.

PFSINItems numeric

Number of items paid for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Skin Infections subservice.

PFSINItemsGIC numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (see above) for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Skin Infections subservice.

PFHAYItems numeric

Number of items paid for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Hay Fever subservice.

PFHAYItemsGIC numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (see above) for items dispensed through the Pharmacy First Hay Fever subservice.

BRCItems numeric

Number of items paid for items dispensed through the Bridging Contraception service

BRCItemsGIC numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (see above) for items dispensed through the Bridging Contraception service.

EBCItems numeric

Number of items paid for items dispensed through the Bridging Contraception and Emergency Hormonal Contraception combination service

EBCItemsGIC numeric

The Gross Ingredient Cost (see above) for items dispensed through the Bridging Contraception and Emergency Hormonal Contraception combination service.

BRCPayment numeric

Payment (£) for providing the Bridging Contraception service.

EBCPayment numeric

Payment (£) for providing the Bridging Contraception and Emergency Hormonal Contraception combination service.

PFIPTItemDispensed numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Impetigo subservice where the consultation outcome was the dispensing of an item (an approved item for supply under this subservice). This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFIPTConsultations numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Impetigo subservice where the consultation outcome was consultation only. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFIPTReferrals numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Impetigo subservice where the consultation outcome was referral to the patient’s GP. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFItemDispensed numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation where the consultation outcome was the dispensing of an item (based on items approved for dispensing under the Pharmacy First Service). This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFConsultations numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation where the consultation outcome was consultation only. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFReferrals numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation where the consultation outcome was referral to the patient’s GP. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFUTIItemDispensed numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the UTI (urinary tract infection) subservice where the consultation outcome was the dispensing of an item (an approved item for supply under this subservice). This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFUTIConsultations numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the UTI (urinary tract infection) subservice where the consultation outcome was consultation only. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFUTIReferrals numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the UTI (urinary tract infection) subservice where the consultation outcome was referral to the patient’s GP. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFSINItemDispensed numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Skin Infections subservice where the consultation outcome was the dispensing of an item (an approved item for supply under this subservice). This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFSINConsultations numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Skin Infections subservice where the consultation outcome was consultation only. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFSINReferrals numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Skin Infections subservice where the consultation outcome was referral to the patient’s GP. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFSHNItemDispensed numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Shingles subservice where the consultation outcome was the dispensing of an item (an approved item for supply under this subservice). This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFSHNConsultations numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Shingles subservice where the consultation outcome was consultation only. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFSHNReferrals numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Shingles subservice where the consultation outcome was referral to the patient’s GP. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFHAYItemDispensed numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Hay Fever subservice where the consultation outcome was the dispensing of an item (an approved item for supply under this subservice). This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFHAYConsultations numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Hay Fever subservice where the consultation outcome was consultation only. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

PFHAYReferrals numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a Pharmacy First patient consultation under the Hay Fever subservice where the consultation outcome was referral to the patient’s GP. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

BRCItemDispensed numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a patient consultation under the Bridging Contraception service where the consultation outcome was the dispensing of an item (an approved item for supply under this subservice). This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

BRCConsultations numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a patient consultation under the Bridging Contraception service where the consultation outcome was consultation only. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

BRCReferrals numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a patient consultation under the Bridging Contraception service where the consultation outcome was referral to the patient’s GP. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

EBCItemDispensed numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a patient consultation under the Bridging Contraception and Emergency Hormonal Contraception combination service where the consultation outcome was the dispensing of an item (an approved item for supply under this subservice). This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

EBCConsultations numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a patient consultation under the Bridging Contraception and Emergency Hormonal Contraception combination service where the consultation outcome was consultation only. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

EBCReferrals numeric

The number of claims submitted for payment for a patient consultation under the Bridging Contraception and Emergency Hormonal Contraception combination service where the consultation outcome was referral to the patient’s GP. This data is based on eMessage information submitted after a patient consultation, note that not all claims are necessarily approved and paid.

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