Mental Illness: Prescription Drugs
(asked on 15th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many community prescriptions for mental health conditions were paid for by patients via prescription charges, and (2) what was the percentage of prescriptions for mental health conditions of overall community prescriptions in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, and (c) 2017.
This question was answered on 29th October 2018
We do not hold this data. Prescription forms do not include a clinical indication, therefore it is not possible to identify prescription items dispensed to treat mental health conditions.