Series / Collection

Practice Level Prescribing Data

Summary

The Practice Level Prescribing series has transferred to the NHS Business Services Authority (BSA). They are releasing a new dataset from April 2020 that combines elements of, and is intended to replace, the Detailed Prescribing Information (DPI) data previously released by NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) via the Information Services Portal (ISP), and the Practice Level Prescribing in England (PLP) data released by NHS Digital via this website.

The data is available at the link provided in the Resources section at the bottom of the page.

Latest Version

Practice Level Prescribing December 2019

Published: 25th February 2020 - The NHSBSA ‘One Drug Database’ project is underway to provide a consistent, single source of prescriptions information. The first release of new data was due in February 2020 (December 2019 data) on the NHSBSA website, however this has been delayed a month. As a result...

Previous Versions

Practice Level Prescribing November 2019

Published: 24 January 2020 - The NHSBSA ‘One Drug Database’ project is underway to provide a consistent, single source of prescriptions information. The first release of new data is due in February 2020 (December 2019 data) on the NHSBSA website. This is the FINAL release of PLP data by NHS Digital.
Practice Level Prescribing - October 2019

Published: 24 December 2019 - The NHSBSA ‘One Drug Database’ project is underway to provide a consistent, single source of prescriptions information. The first release of new data is due in February 2020 (December 2019 data)
Practice Level Prescribing - September 2019

Published: 25 November 2019 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data...
Practice Level Prescribing - August 2019

Published: 24 October 2019 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data time...
Practice Level Prescribing - July 2019

Published: 24 September 2019 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data...
Practice Level Prescribing - June 2019

Published: 28 August 2019 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data time...
Practice Level Prescribing - May 2019

Published: 24 July 2019 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data time...
Practice Level Prescribing - April 2019

Update 28 November 2019 - A corrected address file has been added to include organisations that were previously missed. However where a previous data set is re-run and a practice has changed its address in the meantime, these practices have still been omitted from the extract. This impacts 10 practice...
Practice Level Prescribing - March 2019

Revised: 28 May 2019 - A new chemical data file was provided for this publication on 28 May 2019 to correct formatting errors. The corresponding .ZIP file was updated on 30 May 2019. NHS Digital apologises for any inconvenience caused and welcomes any feedback on the data.
Practice Level Prescribing - February 2019

Published: 24 April 2019 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data time...
Practice Level Prescribing - January 2019

Published: 25 March 2019 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data time...
Practice Level Prescribing - December 2018

Revised 27 February 2019 – New data files were provided for this publication on 27 February 2019. This amendment relates to the address file which had missing data and the main data file that had commas in the BNF NAME causing the file to corrupt. NHS Digital apologises for any inconvenience caused and...
Practice Level Prescribing - November 2018

Published: 24 January 2019 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data time...
Practice Level Prescribing - October 2018

Published: 24 December 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data...
Practice Level Prescribing - September 2018

Published: 24 November 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data...
Practice Level Prescribing - August 2018

Published: 24 October 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data time...
Practice Level Prescribing - July 2018

Published: 05 October 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From October 2018 this data release will be moved earlier to be roughly 7 weeks after the data time...
Practice Level Prescribing June 2018

Published: 07 September 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From July 2016 this data has been published on the 1st Friday of the month. The July 2018 data...
Practice Level Prescribing May 2018

Published: 03 Aug 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From July 2016 this data has been published on the 1st Friday of the month. The June 2018 data will...
Practice Level Prescribing - presentation level data - April 2018

Published: 06 July 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From July 2016 this data has been published on the 1st Friday of the month. The May 2018 data will...
Practice Level Prescribing - presentation level data - March 2018

Published: 01 June 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From July 2016 this data has been published on the 1st Friday of the month. The April 2018 data will...
Practice Level Prescribing - presentation level data - February 2018

Published: 04 May 2018 - Practice level prescribing data is a list of all medicines, dressings and appliances that are prescribed by all practices in England and dispensed in the community each month. From July 2016 this data has been published on the 1st Friday of the month. The March 2018 data will...
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - January 2018
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - December 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - November 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - October 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - September 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - August 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - July 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - June 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - May 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - April 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - March 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - February 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - January 2017
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - December 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - November 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - October 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - September 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - August 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - July 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - June 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - May 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - April 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - March 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - February 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - January 2016
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - December 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - November 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - October 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - September 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - August 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - July 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - June 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - May 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - April 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - March 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - February 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - January 2015
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - December 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - November 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - October 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - September 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - August 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - July 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - June 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - May 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - April 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - March 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - February 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - January 2014
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - December 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - November 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - October 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - September 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - August 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - July 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - June 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - May 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - April 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - March 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - February 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - January 2013
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - December 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - November 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - November 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - October 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - October 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - September 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - September 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - January 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - January 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - July 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - June 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - April 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - April 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - August 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - November 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - November 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - October 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - October 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - September 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - September 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - August 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - August 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - December 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - December 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - February 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - February 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - March 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - March 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - May 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - May 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - July 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Presentation-level Data - June 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - February 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - January 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - March 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - May 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - June 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - July 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - November 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - October 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - July 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - June 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - May 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - September 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - June 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - July 2010
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - March 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - February 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - January 2012
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - November 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - October 2011
GP Practice Prescribing Chemical-level Data - September 2011

Resources

NHS BSA - Practice Level Prescribing