Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS patients who were ineligible for free prescriptions spent on adrenaline in each of the last five years.
The following table shows the total prescription charges paid by patients in England in respect of adrenaline in each of the last five calendar years. This data only covers the prescription charge paid by the patient at the point of dispensing in the community and excludes prescriptions exempt from charges, and prescriptions dispensed to individuals holding Pre-Payment Certificates.
Calendar Year | Total prescription charges |
2016 | £427,271.85 |
2017 | £475,021.60 |
2018 | £499,524.40 |
2019 | £567,453.00 |
2020 | £512,492.65 |