Prescription Drugs

(asked on 4th July 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the market cost was of drugs provided through prescriptions in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 11th July 2016

The total cost to the National Health Service of drugs dispensed in England for the latest three years for which figures are available is shown in the table.

Year

Primary care drugs spend 1

Secondary care drugs spend

Total drugs spend

Outturn (£ million)

Outturn (£ million)

Outturn (£ million)

2012/13 2

7,887

5,055

12,941

2013/14 3

8,015

5,324

13,339

2014/15

8,206

5,897

14,103

Sources:

1 Primary care figures to 2012/13 are from primary care trusts (PCTs) audited summarisation schedules. Figures from 2013/14 are from the Department’s annual report and accounts.

2 Secondary care figures are from NHS trusts, PCT finance returns and foundation trust year-end accounts. Finance returns were not collected after 2011/12; figures for NHS trusts in 2012/13 are estimates.

3 Secondary care figures from 2013/14 are from Monitor and NHS Trust Development Authority.

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