Prescription Drugs

(asked on 25th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for (a) benzodiazepines, (b) z drugs and (c) antidepressants were issued in the last year.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 22nd October 2020

The following table shows the number of prescription items prescribed in England in the last year for benzodiazepines, z drugs and antidepressants.

Drug Group

Items

Antidepressants

77,610,982

Benzodiazepines

9,081,258

Z Drugs

5,767,191

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