Antidepressants: Prescriptions
(asked on 14th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the adult population are currently being prescribed antidepressants.
This question was answered on 22nd September 2023
Based on the latest available primary care dispensing data (Q1, 2023/24) we estimate that 15% of the adult population in England is prescribed anti-depressants.
We do not capture the clinical indication of a prescription, so there may be instances where these drugs are used for other conditions.