Dear Mr Mills

Re: Freedom of Information

I am writing to confirm that I have now completed my search for the information which you requested on 11 November 2008, namely “Prescription Pricing Authority's figures for the number and value of FP10 prescriptions in each Acute Trust this year and for previous years?”.

On 12 November we asked you for further information to which you replied

“FP10 prescription forms (and FP10H forms) relate specifically to prescriptions dispensed within the community. Your reply indicates that: "We hold 60 rolling months of prescribing data for Acute Trusts that have chosen to use community dispensing as well as hospital dispensing." This is precisely the data I was after”.

A copy of the information is enclosed.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder. Most documents supplied by the NHS Business Services Authority will have been produced by government officials and will be Crown Copyright. You can find details on the arrangements for re-using Crown Copyright on HMSOnline at:

http://www.hmso.gov.uk/copyright/licences/click-use-home.htm

Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. You must ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non Crown Copyright) information.

This information provided is based on our understanding of your request and is provided solely to meet your request.

The information should therefore not be regarded as suitable to be used or relied upon by any person or organisation for any purpose or in any context. Any person or organisation that obtains access to the information and chooses to rely on the information will do so at their own risk. The NHS Business Services Authority accepts no responsibility for subsequent use of the information provided.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of my decision, you should write to:

Gordon Wanless

Information Governance Manager

NHS Business Services Authority

Bridge House

152 Pilgrim Street

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 6SN

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Authority.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [email address]

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please quote the reference number above in any future communications to make it easier for me to deal with your correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Chris Gooday

Senior Specialist in Informatics

Email: [email address]

Cc: Gordon Wanless, Information Governance Manager

Fiona Punchard, Communications Manager

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