Cholesterol
(asked on 16th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what hospital prescriptions have been used in the (a) prevention and (b) treatment of high cholesterol in (i) England and (ii) each local commissioning organisation in each of the last 10 years.
The available data, hospital dispensing information (HPAI) provided by IMS Health, does not distinguish between medicines used for prevention and treatment. Neither does it provide a breakdown at sub-national level for local commissioning organisations. The available data records usage in terms on volume dispensed.
The following table provides information on high cholesterol medicines, as defined by British National Formulary (BNF) Section 2.12 Lipid-regulating drugs, for hospitals in England, covering the 10 year period 2004-05 to 2013-14.
Volume of cholesterol medicines dispensed in hospitals in England, as defined by BNF Section 2.12 | |
Year | Volume of packs (000’s) |
2004-05 | 1,077.3 |
2005-06 | 1,170.9 |
2006-07 | 1,198.8 |
2007-08 | 1,214.0 |
2008-09 | 1,299.8 |
2009-10 | 1,326.6 |
2010-11 | 1,266.2 |
2011-12 | 1,196.1 |
2012-13 | 1,199.1 |
2013-14 | 1,202.7 |
Source: HPAI
Note that the volume of packs figures for hospitals are not comparable with the number of prescription items dispensed in the community.