The data

More than
hospital dispensing.

RxLens is built on NHS England secondary-care data — and we can also provide prescribing data and the wider family of NHS medicines datasets, on request.

Datasets we work with

All built on official, openly licensed NHS data (Open Government Licence v3.0). RxLens is independent of the NHS.

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Secondary care medicines (SCMD)

Hospital dispensing across ~196 NHS Trusts in England — the data behind the RxLens dashboard. Spend and quantity by medicine, Trust, region and month.

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Primary care prescribing (EPD)

The English Prescribing Dataset — prescriptions issued by primary-care prescribers (GPs, nurses and others) and dispensed in the community. Monthly, England-wide, classified by BNF and SNOMED, with items, quantity and cost down to GP practice, PCN, ICB and region.

On request

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Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA)

Official statistics on items dispensed in the community in England, submitted to the NHSBSA for reimbursement.

On request

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Dispensing data

Volumes dispensed by community pharmacy and dispensing contractors/practices — useful for the dispensing side of the picture.

On request

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Primary + secondary, together

See a medicine across both settings — hospital and community — for a fuller view of how it is used across the patient pathway.

On request

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Custom extracts & cuts

Bespoke extracts, specific therapy areas, tailored geographies or your own sales territories — by arrangement.

On request

What you can ask of it

The same questions, across settings and geographies.

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Trends & share

How use and share move over time, across settings and geographies.

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Variation

How prescribing and dispensing differ by region, ICB, practice or Trust.

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Patient estimates

Modelled patient numbers and treatment-days, not just units.

Note on costs: secondary-care cost figures are indicative only; primary-care cost is based on published reimbursement prices. Neither reflects confidential discounts or the net prices actually paid. The most recent months are provisional. Sources: NHS England / NHSBSA, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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