Mental Illness: Prescription Drugs
(asked on 16th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of community prescriptions for mental health conditions were issued to people (1) who were entitled to free NHS prescriptions, and (2) who had certificates that entitle them to free NHS 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.