Prescription Drugs
(asked on 13th January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions were issued for each drug categorised under the drug groups (a) benzodiazepines including clonazepam, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants and (d) opioids in the (i) last 12 months for which figures are available and (ii) most recent comparative 12 month period prior to the last 12 months period for which those figures are available.
The following table shows the number of items that were prescribed in England for benzodiazepines including clonazepam, z-drugs, antidepressants and opioids in the latest two full years of available data.
Time Period (12 months aggregated) | Benzodiazepines including clonazepam | Z-drugs | Antidepressants | Opioid analgesics |
November 2018 to October 2019 | 9,184,594 | 5,840,375 | 74,211,675 | 23,398,430 |
November 2019 to October 2020 | 8,925,206 | 5,694,737 | 77,973,765 | 23,255,294 |
Source:
NHS Business Service Authority Information Services ePACT2 system.