Lung Diseases: Drugs
(asked on 4th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) metered-dose and (b) dry powder inhalers were prescribed in England in each of the last five years.
The number of metered dose and dry powder inhalers prescribed in England in each of the last financial years can be found in the table below:
Time Period | Metered Dose Inhalers Total Number of Items | Metered Dose Inhalers Total Number of Inhalers | Dry Powder Inhalers Total Number of Items | Dry Powder Inhalers Total Number of Inhalers |
1Financial 2012/13 | 16,865,011 | 22,200,978 | 6,232,791 | 77,106,658 |
Financial 2013/14 | 33,285,250 | 43,706,232 | 13,050,690 | 163,352,892 |
Financial 2014/15 | 34,896,944 | 45,485,666 | 13,796,383 | 170,303,819 |
Financial 2015/16 | 34,999,252 | 45,253,625 | 14,120,657 | 169,800,742 |
Financial 2016/17 | 35,821,122 | 45,780,844 | 14,456,394 | 168,747,335 |
2Financial 2017/18 | 17,456,205 | 22,171,264 | 7,181,685 | 83,215,366 |
Total | 173,323,784 | 224,598,609 | 68,838,600 | 832,526,812 |
Notes:
1Financial 2012/13 covers time period October 2012 to March 2013
2Financial 2017/18 covers time period April 2017 to September 2017
This information has been provided by the NHS Business Services Authority.