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.
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 |