Prescriptions
(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items have been prescribed by the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in each year since 2005-06; and what the total spend on the EPS has been in each year since 2005-16.
The total number of items prescribed by the electronic prescription service (EPS) by calendar year is shown in the table below.
Calendar Year | Items Prescribed by EPS |
From July 2009 | 1,217 |
2010 | 84,467 |
2011 | 483,814 |
2012 | 6,041,620 |
2013 | 28,050,691 |
2014 | 107,964,073 |
2015 | 300,927,787 |
2016 | 496,312,923 |
Electronic transmission of prescription (ETP) allowances paid to community pharmacies in England by financial year are given in the table below.
Financial Year | ETP allowances paid to community pharmacies (£) |
2009/10 | 25,309,658.85 |
2010/11 | 24,706,040.96 |
2011/12 | 29,144,101.71 |
2012/13 | 31,243,930.18 |
2013/14 | 27,836,025.45 |
2014/15 | 27,342,329.35 |
2015/16 | 27,258,611.10 |
Total | 192,840,697.60 |
The information in both tables is based on NHS Business Services Authority data, which in line with their records management policy is only available from 2009/10.