Data Sources
Last updated: 12 April 2026
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)
Pharmaceutical services contractors dataset containing ~10,500 active England pharmacies with names, addresses, postcodes, ODS codes, and geographic coordinates. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Updated monthly (published the third Thursday of each month). Source: nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/pharmaceutical-services/nhsbsa-open-data
NHS.uk pharmacy pages
Individual pharmacy profile pages on nhs.uk provide opening hours (standard and seasonal), services offered, accessibility information, and contact details. Scraped approximately weekly. Used under the NHS Open Content Licence.
Integrated Care Board (ICB) bank-holiday rotas
ICBs publish lists of pharmacies allocated to cover each bank holiday in their area. Find a Pharmacy currently ingests rotas from: NHS Greater Manchester ICB, NHS South Yorkshire ICB, NHS West Yorkshire ICB, NHS London ICB, NHS Midlands ICB. Rotas are published seasonally, typically 2–4 weeks before each bank holiday.
postcodes.io
Postcode-to-coordinate lookup service operated by Ideal Postcodes, using MHCLG (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government) data. Licensed under CC0. Source: postcodes.io
Bank holiday dates
Official UK bank holiday dates from the GOV.UK bank holidays API at gov.uk/bank-holidays.json. Updated by Cabinet Office.
Feedback data
Anonymous thumbs-up/thumbs-down votes submitted by users on individual pharmacy pages. Used only to surface community-reported accuracy concerns to the Find a Pharmacy team. Not sold or shared.