Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS of prescribing the drug Tazocin has been in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
Tazocin is a brand name for the chemical piperacillin sodium/tazobactam sodium.
Data on the cost to the National Health Service of prescribing the drug Tazocin in each year since 2010 is not available in the format requested. The two tables below show the cost of piperacillin sodium/tazobactam sodium in primary care and secondary care, for which information is available.
Net Ingredient Cost of prescription items of piperacillin sodium/tazobactam sodium (all presentations) dispensed in primary care in England 2010-16
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Total | £59,149 | £65,182 | £67,747 | £75,854 | £81,998 | £81,212 | £46,739 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis.
NHS expenditure on piperacillin sodium/tazobactam sodium (all presentations) in secondary care in England 2010-17
Net cost per annum | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Total in £ millions | £18.9 | £13.0 | £12.9 | £14.1 | £15.0 | £12.1 | £10.2 | £24.4 |
Source: NHS expenditure held within the Pharmex system.