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Enhanced Prescribing Database
Population Size
Not reported
Years
2010
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Lead time
Not applicable
Summary
This is a record of primary care prescriptions that are submitted by community pharmacies in Northern Ireland to the Business Service Organisation for payment.
Documentation
The Enhanced Prescribing Database (EPD) covers drugs prescribed in primary care and dispensed by community pharmacies. Prescriptions are submitted to the Business Services Organisation (BSO) by community pharmacies for payment. The EPD includes prescriptions issued by all types of prescribers including doctors and nurses, and all those issued and dispensed by pharmacists, dispensing doctors and appliance suppliers. Only prescriptions that are subsequently dispensed and processed by BSO for payment are included in the EPD. Patient information is not captured for all prescriptions. Only prescription forms with barcodes that were successfully read have patient Health and Care Numbers (HCN) recorded. Consequently datasets containing prescription information linked to patient HCN will not give a count of the total number of items prescribed during the time period. Rather it contains all relevant items prescribed during the time period for which the patient details were known.
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Keywords
Prescriptions, Prescribing, Northern Ireland, NCS, National Core Study, COVID-19
Observations
Observed Node | Disambiguating Description | Measured Value | Measured Property | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Findings | Approximately 42 million prescription items per year | 42000000 | Count | 22 Jun 2021 |
Provenance
Purpose of dataset collection
Administrative
Source of data extraction
Paper-based
Collection source setting
Prescribing - Community pharmacy
Patient pathway description
This dataset deals with prescribed medications only
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available
Structural Metadata
Details
Publishing frequency
Irregular
Version
6.0.0
Modified
06/09/2024
Citation Requirements
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The authors would like to acknowledge the help provided by the staff of the Honest Broker Service (HBS) within the Business Services Organisation Northern Ireland (BSO). The HBS is funded by the BSO and the Department of Health (DoH). The authors alone are responsible for the interpretation of the data and any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the BSO.
Coverage
Start date
01/01/2010
Time lag
1-2 months
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland
Maximum age range
150
Follow-up
Unknown
Accessibility
Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
DM+D
Format
text, csv
Data Access Request
Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access request cost
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
Remote access can now be granted via an HSCNI tenancy of the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UK SeRP), the HBS still offer the physical safe setting in Belfast for local research.
Jurisdiction
GB-NIR
Data use limitation
Research use only
Data use requirements
Project-specific restrictions
Data Controller
Business Services Organisation
Data Processor
HSC Honest Broker Service