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Contractor Details

The Contractor Details dataset is published monthly and contains a list of pharmacy contractors across England. 

The list of contractors is based on information supplied to NHS Prescription Services by Integrated Care Board (ICBs) and should be taken as a guide only due to the problems gathering this information and any delays in informing NHS Prescription Services of changes. 

Contractors indicated as 'Private - NHS Prescription Services only' captures private prescribing information for controlled drugs Schedule 2 and 3 (Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001) for information purposes. 

Community pharmacies who submit FP10PCD forms require a private controlled drug account number which should be used when submitting these forms. This account number should also be used for submitting CD requisition forms and is a different account to the NHS account number used by contractors to submit NHS prescriptions. 

The data includes contractors for Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. 

We do not keep records of contractors from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. 

You can view all definitions for the fields included in the dataset in the Contractor Details data dictionary (XLSX: 12KB) 

This data was previously published on the NHSBSA Information Services Portal. Changes have been made to the data since migration to the Open Data Portal and you can read about these changes in the Contractor Details migration changes documentation (ODT: 217KB). 

Overview of Service

Information about our NHSBSA Prescriptions Data service can be found here - Prescription data | NHSBSA

Dataset Details

Data Source

NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Data Warehouse.

Time Periods

Data is published retrospectively with a one-month delay. For example, January data is published in February.

Historical Data: Data is available from July 2022 onwards.

Geography

This data is for England only.

Statistical Classification

Management Information – This is not an official statistic.

Caveats

Data Accuracy

Data is as accurate as the data held by the NHSBSA data warehouse at the time of publishing each month. Total figures may not agree month to month due to openings and closures resulting in pharmacies changing group size or where backdated amendments are made.

100 Hour Contracts

The 100 hour flag indicates that the pharmacy was originally established as a 100-hour contract. These pharmacies may now operate between 72-100 hours per week.

Health and Wellbeing Boards

Please note that HWB boards are only assigned to the information we hold on BSA databases at the time of publishing. Currently, we do not hold information of this kind for Private or Out of Hours Contractors, nor do we hold this for Contractors outside of England.

Contractor F-Codes

NHS and Private will have a unique ‘F-Code’ account; however, typically the same address will be present.

Contractor Status

The Contractor Details reflect Contractors who were open on the last day of the time period provided.

Enquiries

Who can I contact if I have queries relating to the data?

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact DataServicesSupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the name of the dataset for reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

Citing and Reusing This Data

Important information regarding reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data, please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and/or other applicable law. You may use the data freely, provided that you attribute the source.

Citation

NHS Business Services Authority. "Contractor Details.” NHS Business Services Authority Open Data. Accessed **[Date Accessed]**. URL: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/contractor-details

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Additional Info

Field Value
Source NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)
Contact NHSBSA Data Services support team
Version 1.0
State active
Last Updated August 7, 2025, 14:20 (UTC)
Created September 4, 2023, 07:28 (UTC)