Antidepressants
(asked on 9th February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many anti-depressants have been dispensed by the NHS in each of the past ten years; and what was the total cost to the NHS.
The annual number of anti-depressants that have been prescribed and dispensed in England in the community between 2011-November 2020, the latest data available, is provided in the following table. Information is not held for items dispensed in secondary care. The total cost of prescription items between this period was £2,543,305,593.92
Calendar year | Number of prescription items |
2011 | 46,677,813 |
2012 | 50,167,201 |
2013 | 53,326,550 |
2014 | 57,149,109 |
2015 | 61,021,662 |
2016 | 64,703,639 |
2017 | 67,530,457 |
2018 | 70,873,979 |
2019 | 74,814,619 |
January - November 2020 | 71,801,824 |
Note:
The data provided for the years 2011-2013 was supplied from NHS Digital whilst the data provided for the years 2014-2020 was supplied from the NHS Business Services Authority. Any data prior to 2014 may classify many products in different ways due to a significant reclassification of products.