|
Term |
Acronym |
Definition |
Additional Ref. |
Source |
Date |
| National
Equivalent Practice |
|
The
figures for a National equivalent practice are based on
the average figure per PU nationally, up rated to the
number of prescribing units in the practice for which
the information is required. Equivalent figures are calculated
using the formula: ((English
total) / (no of PUs nationally)) x (no of practice PUs)
Relates
to England. |
|
PAR |
June-04 |
| National
Top Six BNF Therapeutic Groups |
|
These
are the six BNF chapters which incurred the highest costs
in England during the previous financial year. Where information
for these six chapters is presented it is in BNF chapter
order, not cost ranking. Relates
to England, Isle of Man and Guernsey.
|
|
PAR |
June-04 |
| Net
Ingredient Cost |
NIC |
Basic
price of a drug, ie the price listed in Part II Clause
8 of the Drug
Tariff.
Relates
to England, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.
|
|
PAR
and Prescribing Catalogue/
PDPI |
June-04 |
| New
Drugs |
|
These
will be classified as new for a period of three years
from the receipt, by the PPA, of the first prescription
for them.
Relates to England, Isle of Man and Guernsey.
|
|
PAR |
June-04 |
| Nurse
Prescribers’ Formulary/Nurse Prescribers’
Extended Formulary |
NPF
NPEF/SP |
These
figures represent all prescribing on FP10P prescription
forms by nurses qualified to prescribe from either the
District Nurse and Health Visitors Formulary (NPF Nurse),
the Nurse Prescribers' Extended Formulary or who are
Nurse Supplementary Prescribers (NPEF/SP Nurse) employed
by your practice and your PCT for patients in your practice.
Relates
to England. |
|
PAR |
June-04 |
| Number
of items a practice prescribes |
|
This
is section of the PAR which provides information for a
practice so it can see how the number of items it has
prescribed compares with the same period the previous
year, its:
PCT or
Isle of Man or
Jersey equivalent or
Guernsey & Alderney totals and
it’s national or English equivalent practice.
The
following details on the number of prescribed items
are provided:
- number of prescribed items for the current quarter,
presented as a bar chart
- percentage change from the same quarter in the previous
year
- percentage of items prescribed generically
- percentage of items dispensed generically (England
and Isle of Man).
These
details are provided for:
-
the practice
- the PCT equivalent practice (England)
- the Isle of Man equivalent (Isle of Man)
- the Jersey equivalent (Jersey)
- the national equivalent practice (England)
- the English equivalent (Isle of Man)
- the Guernsey & Alderney total (Guernsey &
Alderney)
- the prescriber.
The
following details are also provided, expressed as a
percentage for England and Isle of Man:
- variance between a practice and PCT or Isle of Man
equivalent practice
- variance between a practice and national or English
equivalent practice.
Relates
to England, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. |
|
PAR |
June-04 |
