§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether, pursuant to the answerOfficial Report, column 81–82 on 18 December, he will publish a table showing prescription costs for each region and family practitioner committee area for 1986–87 and 1987–88 on the same price base as previously, showing both total cost and cost per head.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is set out in the table.
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April 1986 to March 1987 April 1987 to March 1988 Total cost Total cost per head Total cost Total cost per head (£ thousands) (£) (£ thousands) (£) Brent and Harrow 19,263 42.10 20,335 44.53 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 26,288 41.00 27,875 43.42 Hillingdon 9,313 40.14 9,941 43.00 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 15,479 49.36 15,793 51.52 North West Thames RHA 141,039 40.81 149,101 43.15 Essex 60,214 39.82 65,564 43.08 Barking and Havering 15,461 40.03 16,406 42.60 Camden and Islington 14,350 40.85 15,213 43.03 City and East London 24,729 44.97 26,309 47.18 Enfield and Harringey 17,434 37.78 18,327 40.26 Redbridge and Walthamforest 19,355 43.61 20,419 45.93 North East Thames RHA 151,543 40.90 162,238 43.64 East Sussex 32,961 47.79 35,016 50.17 Kent 63,977 42.63 68,480 45.33 Bexley and Greenwich 16,290 37.19 17,498 40.03 Bromley 11,360 38.25 11,873 39.82 Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark 27,550 39.75 29,451 42.59 South East Thames RHA 152,138 42.04 162,317 44.65 Surrey 38,851 38.41 41,125 41.11 West Sussex 31,880 45.89 34,091 48.70 Croydon 12,183 38.16 12,615 39.52 Kingston and Richmond 12,309 41.63 13,010 44.06 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 24,042 40.71 25,090 42.47 South West Thames Regional Health Authority 119,266 40.96 125,930 43.34 Dorsetshire 31,462 49.30 33,654 51.89 Hampshire 61,605 40.33 65,685 42.74 Wiltshire 20,770 38.10 22,527 40.89 Isle of Wight 6,350 50.96 6,664 52.52 Wessex Regional Health Authority 120,188 42.38 128,531 44.89 Berkshire 28,366 38.64 29,944 40.43 Buckinghamshire 22,972 37.48 24,568 39.54 Northamptonshire 21,523 38.82 23,474 41.79 Oxfordshire 21,008 36.55 22,421 38.79 Oxford Regional Health Authority 93,869 37.91 100,407 40.14 Avon 36,792 38.87 39,442 41.47 Cornwall 21,682 48.38 23,296 51.41 Devon 44,718 44.76 47,732 47.26 Gloucester 19,406 37.53 21,035 40.28 Somerset 19,069 42.48 20,405 45.11 South Western Regional Health Authority 141,666 42.17 151,910 44.83 Hereford and Worcester 25,781 39.39 27,899 41.93 Salop 16,202 41.26 17,516 44.18 Staffordshire 42,618 41.74 45,627 44.41 Warwickshire 20,166 41.95 22,051 45.54 Birmingham 48,036 47.84 51,431 51.52 Coventry 13,657 44.00 14,858 48.10 Dudley 11,698 38.88 12,629 41.73 Sandwell 14,515 48.21 15,656 52.47 Solihull 8,395 41.52 9,219 45.21 Walsall 12,551 47.94 13,652 52.15 Wolverhampton 11,806 46.87 12,653 50.51 West Midlands RHA 225,426 43.51 243,182 46.79 Cheshire 41,224 43.55 44,295 46.53 Liverpool 24,578 50.89 26,154 54.95
April 1986 to March 1987 April 1987 to March 1988 Total cost Total cost per head Total cost Total cost per head (£ thousands) (£) (£ thousands) (£) St. Helens with Knowsley 15,905 45.21 16,973 48.67 Sefton 13,356 44.82 14,507 48.80 Wirral 16,539 49.40 17,861 53.35 Mersey RHA 111,601 46.23 119,790 49.73 Lancashire 69,366 50.24 74,441 53.89 Bolton 11,373 43.48 12,024 45.85 Bury 8,782 50.88 9,289 53.48 Manchester 21,449 47.52 23,118 51.37 Oldham 9,667 43.94 10,341 47.12 Rochdale 9,697 46.94 10,538 50.99 Salford 13,089 54.70 13,847 58.26 Stockport 13,092 45.16 14,245 48.94 Tameside 9,729 45.21 10,569 48.94 Trafford 10,940 50.58 11,670 54.00 Wigan 14,944 48.74 16,009 52.12 North Western RHA 192,128 48.51 206,093 52.03 1. The figures include prescriptions dispensed by retail chemists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors.
2. Total cost includes the basic price of the drug less discount plus dispensing costs and fees.
3. Figures are based on OPCS estimates of resident populations for mid years 1986 and 1987.
4. Figures for 1986–87 and 1987–88 have been revalued to 1988–89 prices using the GDP deflator.