Antidepressants
(asked on 10th September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the prescribing of anti-depressants during the recent recession.
The particular indication that a medicine is prescribed for is not known. Information on the number of prescription items indicated for anti-depressant dispensed in the community since 1991, as defined in the British National Formulary (BNF) section 4.3 Anti-depressant Drugs. is shown in the following table. The number of prescription items dispensed per 100,000 population is also provided for context.
Antidepressant prescription items dispensed in the community in England and items per 100,000 population | ||
Year | Prescription items | Items per 100,000 population |
1991 | 8,953,900 | 18,703 |
1992 | 9,914,330 | 20,656 |
1993 | 10,776,690 | 22,404 |
1994 | 11,816,438 | 24,501 |
1995 | 13,227,137 | 27,338 |
1996 | 14,960,610 | 30,834 |
1997 | 16,822,563 | 34,568 |
1998 | 18,424,473 | 37,739 |
1999 | 20,108,130 | 41,009 |
2000 | 22,021,840 | 44,730 |
2001 | 24,342,713 | 49,227 |
2002 | 26,329,382 | 52,999 |
2003 | 27,657,990 | 55,399 |
2004 | 28,995,511 | 57,766 |
2005 | 29,389,874 | 58,076 |
2006 | 31,037,983 | 60,900 |
2007 | 33,839,594 | 65,860 |
2008 | 35,960,539 | 69,401 |
2009 | 39,140,459 | 74,987 |
2010 | 42,787,966 | 81,280 |
2011 | 46,677,813 | 87,894 |
2012 | 50,167,201 | 93,781 |
2013 | 53,326,550 | 98,999 |
Sources: Office of National Statistics and Prescription Cost Analysis provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre | ||