NHS: 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, what the total expenditure was by the NHS on pharmaceutical industry products in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 7th September 2017
The total expenditure by the National Health Service in England on pharmaceutical products for the period 2012-13 to 2016-17 is shown in the table below.
Department of Health pharmaceutical expenditure by sector | |||
Year | Primary care drugs spend 1 | Secondary care drugs spend2 | Total drugs spend |
(£ billion) | (£ billion) | (£ billion) | |
2012/13 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 12.9 |
2013/14 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 13.3 |
2014/15 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 14.1 |
2015/16 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 15.1 |
2016/17 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 15.4 |
Notes:
- Primary care drug spend figures from 2013-14 are taken from Department of Health annual report and accounts. Primary care figures for 2012-13 are from primary care trusts (PCT) audited summarisation schedules.
- Secondary care drug spend figures from 2013-14 are sourced from Monitor and NHS Trust Development Authority (now NHS Improvement). Prior to 2013-14 secondary care drug figures were taken from a combination of NHS trust data, PCT finance returns and consolidated foundation trust year-end accounts. PCT finance returns were not collected in 2012-13 and NHS trust drug spend for this year is estimated.
- Secondary care expenditure on drugs includes spend on VAT and medical gases. Drugs prescribed in hospitals but dispensed in the community are also included in secondary care data.
- Numbers may not sum due to rounding.