Nabiximols
(asked on 17th March 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much prescriptions for Sativex were issued in each of the last five years.
Information is not collected centrally on the number of prescriptions issued. However, information is available on the number of prescription items dispensed for Sativex in England between 2010 and 20141.
Sativex prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England | ||
| Prescription items (000s) | Net ingredient cost (£000s) 2 |
2010 | 2.5 | 841.8 |
2011 | 3.0 | 1,185.0 |
2012 | 2.8 | 1,141.0 |
2013 | 2.8 | 1,158.1 |
2014 | 2.7 | 1,148.3 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis system data provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre
Notes:
1 2015 full year data will be published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre on 7 April 2016 and will be available using the following link:
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/prescostanalysiseng2015
2 Net ingredient cost is the basic cost of a drug. It does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income.