Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were issued for medication in each London borough in each year since 2010.
Information is provided on the number of prescription items dispensed and is available by health organisations but not by local authorities.
Table 1: Five most commonly dispensed medicines, by chemical name, in England and London, based on the number of prescription items written, in the community, within England and London, and dispensed within the United Kingdom, from 2011 to November 2015 1 | ||||
Year | England | Number (000’s) | London 2 | Number (000’s) |
2011 | Simvastatin | 41,133.9 | Simvastatin | 4,878.2 |
Aspirin | 32,338.1 | Aspirin | 3,504.9 | |
Levothyroxine Sodium | 24,958.6 | Amlodipine | 3,057.7 | |
Omeprazole | 23,199.6 | Ramipril | 2,554.2 | |
Ramipril | 22,435.0 | Levothyroxine Sodium | 2,543.6 | |
2012 | Simvastatin | 42,616.8 | Simvastatin | 5,032.6 |
Aspirin | 31,696.8 | Aspirin | 3,456.4 | |
Levothyroxine Sodium | 26,651.4 | Amlodipine | 3,283.2 | |
Omeprazole | 25,695.9 | Omeprazole | 2,724.6 | |
Ramipril | 23,819.7 | Levothyroxine Sodium | 2,720.7 | |
2013 | Simvastatin | 39,827.5 | Simvastatin | 4,578.7 |
Aspirin | 30,818.0 | Amlodipine | 3,481.7 | |
Levothyroxine Sodium | 27,693.5 | Aspirin | 3,403.7 | |
Omeprazole | 27,218.9 | Omeprazole | 2,870.7 | |
Ramipril | 24,921.9 | Levothyroxine Sodium | 2,864.2 | |
2014 | Simvastatin | 37,743.5 | Simvastatin | 4,266.2 |
Aspirin | 29,762.6 | Amlodipine | 3,675.1 | |
Omeprazole | 28,743.0 | Aspirin | 3,359.6 | |
Levothyroxine Sodium | 28,731.0 | Omeprazole | 3,042.8 | |
Ramipril | 25,933.6 | Colecalciferol | 3,030.8 | |
2015 (January–November) 1 | Simvastatin | 31,417.4 | Simvastatin | 3,528.2 |
Omeprazole | 27,309.2 | Amlodipine | 3,481.8 | |
Levothyroxine Sodium | 26,992.5 | Atorvastatin | 3,286.4 | |
Aspirin | 25,549.4 | Colecalciferol | 2,945.8 | |
Atorvastatin | 24,507.8 | Aspirin | 2,939.5 |
Source: Prescribing Analysis and Cost tool (PACT) system, maintained by NHS Prescription Services
Notes:
1 Information is provided by calendar year from 2011; data for 60 months is held at any one time and figures for the whole of 2010 are unavailable. Information for 2015 contains data from January to November 2015, inclusive; information is not yet available for December 2015.
2 part (b) of the question is interpreted as a single combined figure for all London primary care trusts/clinical commissioning groups.
Table 2: Number of prescription items written, in the community, in London and dispensed within the UK, from 2011 to November 2015 1 | |
Year | Number (000)’s |
2011 | 111,797.2 |
2012 | 115,913.5 |
2013 | 119,035.0 |
2014 | 123,556.6 |
2015 (January–November) 1 | 114,425.4 |
Source: Prescribing Analysis and Cost tool (PACT) system, maintained by NHS Prescription Services
Notes:
1 Information is provided by calendar year from 2011; data for 60 months is held at any one time and figures for the whole of 2010 are unavailable. Information for 2015 contains data from January to November 2015, inclusive; information is not yet available for December 2015.