Antidepressants
(asked on 2nd July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department has been of prescribing anti-depressant drugs in each year since 2010; and what estimate he has made of such costs in the next financial year.
Information on the cost of prescribing antidepressant medicines is provided in the table below. Projected costs are not available.
Cost of antidepressant drugs, as classified in British National Formulary section 4.3, Antidepressant drugs, in England: 2010 to 2014 1 | |||
Total drugs | Cost (£ million) | ||
| Primary care 2 | Secondary care 3 | Total 4 |
2010 | 220,372.8 | 8,221.6 | 228,594.4 |
2011 | 270,177.2 | 7,818.5 | 277,995.7 |
2012 | 211,145.4 | 7,453.5 | 218,598.9 |
2013 | 282,121.6 | 8,708.3 | 290,829.9 |
2014 | 265,003.7 | 9,021.7 | 274,025.4 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis and IMS HEALTH: Hospital Pharmacy Audit, provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre
Notes:
- Differences in annual national totals will, in part, be due to changes in the reimbursement price of some (mainly generic) antidepressant drugs.
- Primary care net ingredient cost is the basic cost of a drug. It does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income.
- Secondary care cost of medicine at National Health Service list price and will not necessarily be the price the hospital paid.
- Total figures may not sum due to rounding.