Analgesics
(asked on 19th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS has been of purchasing opioid painkillers in each of the last 10 years.
The net ingredient cost (NIC) to the National Health Service of opiod painkillers of items prescribed in the United Kingdom and dispensed in England in each of the last 10 years is provided in the following table:
Cost of British National Formulary 4.7.2 opioid analgesics to the NHS, by primary and secondary care, in England, 2005-15
Year | Primary Care1 NIC (£, '000s) | Secondary Care2 Cost (£, '000s) | Total Cost (£, '000s) |
2005 | 143,536.2 | 29,363.3 | 172,899.5 |
2006 | 177,677.2 | 31,384.3 | 209,061.4 |
2007 | 205,366.0 | 33,222.7 | 238,588.7 |
2008 | 212,354.8 | 33,118.0 | 245,472.9 |
2009 | 237,768.2 | 34,574.2 | 272,342.4 |
2010 | 265,503.1 | 34,972.6 | 300,475.7 |
2011 | 267,642.6 | 34,172.7 | 301,815.3 |
2012 | 272,440.2 | 34,601.4 | 307,041.6 |
2013 | 289,751.8 | 34,650.3 | 324,402.0 |
2014 | 304,771.2 | 34,666.6 | 339,437.8 |
2015 | 313,531.6 | 35,376.5 | 348,908.2 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA); IMS HEALTH 2016: Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index
Notes:
1 NIC is the basic cost of a drug. It does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charge income.
2 The cost of the medicines at NHS list price and not necessarily the price the hospital paid. May include drugs dispensed via hospital pharmacies to private patients in private wards within NHS hospitals.