Diabetes: Drugs

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on drugs and products related to diabetes in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 7th September 2017

Diabetes is mainly treated in the community so information on the costs of prescriptions dispensed in the community is provided below.

Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) of drugs used in diabetes for prescriptions written in England and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom

Year

NIC (millions)

2012/13

£764.1

2013/14

£803.1

2014/15

£868.6

2015/16

£956.7

2016/17

£983.7

Source: ePACT

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