§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the prescription costs per patient for the 10 highest spending and the 10 lowest spending family practitioner committees in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 24 October 1989]: The average net ingredient cost per person in 1987–88 for the 10 family practitioner committees in England with the highest spending per person and the 10 family practioner committees in England with the lowest spending per person is listed in the table.
Family Practitioner Committee £ North Tyneside 45.94 Salford 45.67 Bury 42.88 Sunderland 42.71 Barnsley 42.49 Trafford 42.12 Lancashire 42.06 Isle of Wight 41.91 Wirral 41.63 Liverpool 41.48 Cambridgeshire 31.91 Berkshire 31.82 Barnet 31.78 Bromley 31.33 Buckinghamshire 31.14 Gloucestershire 30.94 Bexley and Greenwich 30.93 Enfield and Haringey 30.85 Croydon 30.70 Oxfordshire 30.01 Notes:
1. OPCS family practitioner committees population data has been used in this table.
2. Data includes prescriptions dispensed by pharmacy and appliance contractors and dispensing doctors.
3. The Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) is the basic cost of drugs before any discounts and does not include pharmacy costs or fees.