Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions GPs have issued for Lariam in each year since 2010.
Information is not collected centrally on the number of prescriptions issued. However, information is available on the number of prescription items dispensed for Lariam.
Number of prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community, in England, for Lariam, 2010 to 2015 | |
Year | Items (000’s) |
2010 | 14.5 |
2011 | 15.6 |
2012 | 17.7 |
2013 | 18.0 |
2014 | 17.6 |
2015 | 16.1 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre