We're all set up and raring to go for day 2 at #NHSConfedExpo! 🤩 If you're one of the thousands set to be here today ready to drive change in health and social care, pop by and see us at stand E52.

Detailed guidance on using our new Opioid Prescribing Comparators dashboard is available now. @Clarehm123 and our own ePACT2 training team explain the importance of this work and how to get the most out of the data and dashboard. Watch now: youtu.be/SZ32Xs89vQY

On Monday 19 September we will be closed for the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We will re-open for business as usual on Tuesday 20 September.

Today we launch the second phase of our Opioid Prescribing Comparators NHSBSA ePACT2 dashboard, developed in partnership with @WessexAHSN.

🆕 Our Children's Standard Liquid Concentrations Dashboard is now live, enabling Primary Care staff to determine the extent to which liquid medicines prescribed for children follow the nationally recommended concentrations for each drug.

Finance users! After discussions with NHS England, we’ve made some changes to our finance reports and how they’re accessed. Some users will have access upgraded and reporting may be amended to reflect the changes to ICB. 📧 Check your inbox for our newsletter with more details.

ePACT2 Downtime Notice From 3pm today - 16 December 2022, ePACT2 will be down for approximately one hour to implement system updates. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

🆕 Our 'Respiratory - Carbon Impact' dashboard launches today to help tackle NHS CO2 emissions. Developed in partnership with Guy's and St Thomas' & Imperial College London. An estimated 3% of NHS CO2 emissions are due to prescribing metered-dose respiratory inhalers. This dashboard aims to help.

Today we publish our annual statistics on the costs and volumes of #prescription items that have been dispensed in England in 2022/23. Read more ➡️ media.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/news/nhs-publi… Key findings 🧵

Dr Elisa Anastasi, our Data and Insight Analyst Professional Lead, will be speaking at the Alteryx 'Innovation Stories: Driving Change Through Data in the Public Sector' in Birmingham next week on transforming public outcomes with analytics. More info ➡️ info.alteryx.com/innovation-sto…

Today we release the latest statistics on Medicines Used in #MentalHealth, showing prescribing data in England over the last 12 months. Read more: media.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/news/nhs-relea… Key findings 🧵

Today we release a new report on dependency forming medicines. The report focuses on four classes of medicines including #Opioids, #Gabapentinoids, #Benzodiazepines and #ZDrugs, with some analysis including #Antidepressants. Read more: media.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/news/nhs-relea… 🧵 Key findings

Our Data Science Team have released a new report that gives unique insight into primary care prescribing patterns for care home patients aged 65 years and over in England from 2020/21 to 2022/23. Read the report ➡️ nhsbsa-data-analytics.shinyapps.io/estimated-pres…

This #WAAW we’re highlighting the valuable NHSBSA ePACT2 tools we've developed to support the national strategy to prevent AMR together, across all sectors of the healthcare system. Find out more about our Antimicrobial Stewardship dashboards ➡️ nhsbsa.nhs.uk/access-our-dat…