§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost of general practitioner prescribed calcium supplements in each national health service region and family health services authority area in 1991–92; and if he will express that cost as expenditure per head of the female population for each area.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information requested is given in the table.
The data included in the table are for calcium supplements as defined in the British National Formulary chapter 9.5.1.1. The period covered is April 1991 to March 1992 and the figures are for the net ingredient cost of prescriptions dispensed by community pharmacists, prescriptions dispensed by doctors and prescriptions submitted by prescribing doctors for items personally administered.
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Calcium supplements England 1991–92 NIC—Net Ingredient Cost NIC/Head—Net Ingredient Cost per head of Female Population FHSA Name NIC NIC/Head £ £ Cleveland 58,435 0.20 Cumbria 34,204 0.14 Durham 64,425 0.21 Northumberland 33,883 0.22 Gateshead 24,882 0.24 Newcastle upon Tyne 36,334 0.26 North Tyneside 46,218 0.45 South Tyneside 20,532 0.25 Sunderland 76,075 0.50 Northern RHA 394,987 0.25 Humberside 104,125 0.23 North Yorkshire 75,560 0.20 Bradford 64,769 0.27 Calderdale 18,859 0.19 Kirklees 40,141 0.21 Leeds 74,230 0.20 Wakefield 24,809 0.15 Yorkshire RHA 402,493 0.21 Derbyshire 117,234 0.25 Leicestershire 108,224 0.24 Lincolnshire 97,693 0.32 Nottinghamshire 103,570 0.20 Barnsley 20,388 0.18 Doncaster 41,381 0.28 Rotherham 29,296 0.23 Sheffield 35,320 0.13 Trent RHA 553,107 0.23
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FHSA Name NIC NIC/Head £ £ Cambridgeshire 70,897 0.21 Norfolk 70,532 0.18 Suffolk 58,164 0.17 East Anglia RHA 199,594 0.19 Bedfordshire 38,042 0.14 Hertfordshire 143,371 0.29 Barnet 53,993 0.35 Brent and Harrow 50,594 0.22 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 90,311 0.27 Hillingdon 23,756 0.20 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 40,462 0.24 North West Thames RHA 440,528 0.25 Essex 145,219 0.18 Barking and Havering 37,478 0.19 Camden and Islington 40,235 0.22 City and East London 40,651 0.14 Enfield and Haringey 80,327 0.33 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 39,627 0.17 North East Thames RHA 383,538 0.20 East Sussex 81,774 0.22 Kent 176,068 0.22 Greenwich and Bexley 40,712 0.18 Bromley 23,372 0.15 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 37,483 0.10 South East Thames RHA 359,409 0.19 Surrey 119,487 0.23 West Sussex 120,449 0.32 Croydon 27,881 0.17 Kingston and Richmond 42,489 0.27 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 64,134 0.21 South West Thames RHA 374,440 0.24 Dorset 92,732 0.27 Hampshire 148,107 0.19 Wiltshire 52,851 0.18 Isle of Wight 14,866 0.23 Wessex RHA 308,557 0.21 Berkshire 54,634 0.15 Buckinghamshire 76,040 0.24 Northamptonshire 55,136 0.19 Oxfordshire 33,793 0.12 Oxford RHA 219,603 0.17 Avon 118,269 0.24 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 105,892 0.43 Devon 122,348 0.23 Gloucestershire 62,736 0.23 Somerset 53,472 0.22 South Western RHA 462,718 0.26 Hereford and Worcester 93,170 0.27 Shropshire 49,914 0.24 Staffordshire 110,275 0.21 Warwickshire 58,751 0.24 Birmingham 109,298 0.21 Coventry 97,215 0.63 Dudley 56,107 0.36 Sandwell 40,661 0.27 Solihull 24,080 0.23 Walsall 42,147 0.32
FHSA Name NIC NIC/Head £ £ Wolverhampton 36,953 0.29 West Midlands RHA 718,571 0.27 Cheshire 154,340 0.31 Liverpool 46,592 0.19 St. Helens and Knowsley 43,084 0.25 Sefton 44,998 0.29 Wirral 51,180 0.29 Mersey RHA 340,194 0.27 Lancashire 194,165 0.27 Bolton 43,900 0.33 Bury 26,824 0.29 Manchester 43,987 0.20 Oldham 30,688 0.27 Rochdale 36,901 0.35 Salford 29,602 0.25 Stockport 35,565 0.24 Tameside 38,172 0.34 Trafford 20,653 0.19 Wigan 30,373 0.19 North Western RHA 530,831 0.26 England 5,688,569 0.23