Prescription Drugs: Expenditure
(asked on 13th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total NHS drugs bill was in each of the last 10 years; and how much of that bill was offset by prescription charges income in each those years.
The table below shows total primary and secondary care drug spend as recorded by the Department for the last 10 years, in England only.
Total Departmental drug spend 2007-08 to 2016-17
Year | Total Primary care drugs spend | Total Secondary care drugs spend | Total Departmental drugs spend |
(£ billion) | (£ billion) | (£ billion) | |
2007/08 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 10.9 |
2008/09 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 11.4 |
2009/10 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 11.9 |
2010/11 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 12.5 |
2011/12 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 12.7 |
2012/13 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 12.9 |
2013/14 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 13.3 |
2014/15 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 14.1 |
2015/16 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 15.1 |
2016/17 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 15.4 |
The Department holds income for those prescription charges. The data held is in relation to the National Health Service in England only. The totals for each can be seen in the table below:
Financial Year | Income from Fees Charged (£ million) |
2007-08 | 451.2 |
2008-09 | 459.3 |
2009-10 | 450.4 |
2010-11 | 456.0 |
2011-12 | 426.1 |
2012-13 | 449.6 |
2013-14 | 470.7 |
2014-15 | 503.9 |
2015-16 | 523.5 |
2016-17 | 554.9 |