<p> Purchase of Northern Ireland Prescribing Individual Drug Data Effect from April 2012 Prescription Data</p><p>Information Available</p><p>Information on the activity of prescribing for individual drugs is available to purchase from the Family Practitioner Services, Information and Registration Unit of the Business Services Organisation. </p><p> Information can be purchased on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis.  Information is provided on the number of prescriptions dispensed, volume and ingredient cost paid for each form of the drug for which information is held.  Information is available at Sub-regional and Northern Ireland level.  Information is provided via email in a Microsoft Excel format.</p><p>Source of information</p><p>The information provided is collected directly from the Northern Ireland Prescription Payment System (NIPPI) on a monthly basis. It is based solely on data collected from HS21 prescriptions, which have been dispensed in Northern Ireland in a given month. Information on prescribing activity is available 3 months in arrears i.e. information on prescriptions written by Practitioners and dispensed in January is available the first week in April.</p><p>Cost of the Service</p><p>The cost of availing of this service is £75.00 plus VAT for each month’s data supplied for up to a maximum set of six drugs. Multiple sets of drugs may be purchased at the same rate. Therefore the current cost for receiving an annual extract of up to 6 drugs will be £900.00 plus VAT.</p><p>Method of Payment</p><p>For customers who receive information on a monthly basis the service is charged at £225.00+VAT per quarter and is invoiced directly from our Finance Directorate.</p><p>Invoice Month Charge Prescription Data Supplied January £225+VAT August to October April £225+VAT November to January July £225+VAT February to April October £225+VAT May to July</p><p>All adhoc requests are invoiced, by our Finance Directorate immediately the data has been despatched.</p><p>2 Franklin Street, Belfast, BT2 8DQ Tel: 028 9536 3948/ 0300 555 0113 Web:www.hscbusiness.hscni.net Contact Details</p><p>Jacqueline Sheridan Pharmaceutical Information Manager Information and Registration Unit Family Practitioner Services HSC Business Services Organisation 2 Franklin Street Belfast Northern Ireland BT2 8DQ</p><p>Telephone Number: 028 9536 3979 Email Address: [email protected]</p><p>2 Franklin Street, Belfast, BT2 8DQ Tel: 028 9536 3948/ 0300 555 0113 Web:www.hscbusiness.hscni.net</p>