§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many products have been transferred from Category A of the Drug Tariff to Category D; and what was the cost per head of population in each category for the last financial year for each health authority area as recorded by the Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority. [102388]
§ Ms Stuart[holding answer 15 December 1999]: Products move in and out of Category D. There are 175 preparations/pack sizes classified as Category D in the December 1999 edition of the Drug Tariff, of which 104 were classified as Category A in the December 1998 edition of the Drug Tariff.
The net ingredient cost per head of population in 1998–99 of Category A and Category D drugs in each health authority is shown in the table.
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The net ingredient cost per head of population for Category A and Category D drugs by health authority, 1998–99 £ Health authority in which item was dispensed Category A Category D Avon 9.00 0.80 Barking and Havering 9.00 0.70 Barnet 8.30 0.60 Barnsley 11.00 0.90 Bedfordshire 9.00 0.60 Berkshire 7.50 0.60 Bexley and Greenwich 8.20 0.70 Birmingham 9.70 0.90 Bradford 10.60 0.90 Brent and Harrow 9.00 0.70 Bromley 8.90 0.70 Buckinghamshire 8.20 0.70 Bury and Rochdale 11.00 0.90 Calderdale and Kirklees 10.50 0.90 Cambridge and Huntingdon 7.00 0.60 Camden and Islington 9.00 0.70 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 10.20 0.80 County Durham 13.00 1.10 Coventry 9.90 0.70 Croydon 6.80 0.60 Doncaster 10.80 0.80 Dorset 10.10 0.80 Dudley 8.80 0.70 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 8.30 0.70 East and North Hertfordshire 10.00 0.70 East Kent 9.10 0.80 East Lancashire 10.60 0.90 East London and The City 9.10 0.80 East Norfolk 9.40 0.80 East Riding 9.10 0.70 East Surrey 7.90 0.60 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 10.30 0.90 Enfield and Haringey 7.90 0.60 Gateshead and South Tyneside 14.50 1.20 Gloucestershire 8.00 0.60 Herefordshire 8.00 0.70 Hillingdon 8.80 0.70 Isle of Wight 10.40 0.80 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 7.20 0.60 Kingston and Richmond 7.40 0.60 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 8.50 0.70 Leeds 10.10 0.90 Leicestershire 8.40 0.80 Lincolnshire 9.20 0.70 Liverpool 12.60 0.90 Manchester 11.10 1.00 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 7.20 0.60 Morecambe Bay 11.60 1.00 Newcastle and North Tyneside 13.30 1.00 North and East Devon 10.10 0.80 North and Mid Hampshire 7.30 0.60
The net ingredient cost per head of population for Category A and Category D drugs by health authority, 1998–99 £ Health authority in which item was dispensed Category A Category D North Cheshire 10.60 1.00 North Cumbria 11.70 0.90 North Derbyshire 10.00 0.90 North Essex 8.50 0.70 North Nottinghamshire 10.60 0.80 North Staffordshire 10.40 0.80 North West Anglia 8.60 0.70 North West Lancashire 12.10 0.90 North Yorkshire 9.80 0.80 Northamptonshire 9.20 0.90 Northumberland 12.50 1.00 Nottingham 8.90 0.70 Oxfordshire 8.30 0.70 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 10.10 0.80 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 8.20 0.70 Rotherham 10.40 0.90 Salford and Trafford 11.00 0.90 Sandwell 10.40 0.90 Sefton 11.70 0.90 Sheffield 11.60 1.10 Shropshire 8.70 0.70 Solihull 9.30 0.80 Somerset 8.60 0.80 South and West Devon 10.90 0.90 South Cheshire 9.80 0.80 South Essex 7.80 0.70 South Humber 9.90 0.90 South Lancashire 8.90 0.80 South Staffordshire 8.70 0.80 Southampton and South West Hampshire 9.30 0.70 Southern Derbyshire 10.40 0.80 St. Helens and Knowsley 12.90 1.10 Stockport 9.70 0.90 Suffolk 9.10 0.70 Sunderland 13.90 1.00 Tees 12.40 1.00 Wakefield 11.80 1.10 Walsall 10.30 0.80 Warwickshire 8.70 0.60 West Hertfordshire 10.20 0.70 West Kent 7.80 0.70 West Pennine 10.10 0.90 West Surrey 7.70 0.60 West Sussex 9.50 0.80 Wigan and Bolton 10.30 0.90 Wiltshire 8.20 0.70 Wirral 11.00 0.90 Wolverhampton 10.30 0.90 Worcestershire 9.10 0.70 England 9.50 0.80 Notes:
1. The data cover all prescriptions dispensed in the community in each Health authority, ie by community pharmacists and appliance contractors, dispensing doctors, and prescriptions submitted by prescribing doctors for items personally administered in England.
2. The net ingredient cost is the basic cost of a drug and does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income.
3. The resident population for 1998, estimated by the Office for National Statistics, has been used.
4. The information was obtained for each preparation/pack size classified in the Drug Tariff as Category A or D for each month in the period April 1998 to March 1999 and aggregated to provide an annual total.
5. Data rounded to nearest 10p.