§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost of general practitioner prescribed hormone replacement therapy 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.
Note: The data included in the table are for preparations used for hormone replacement therapy as defined in the British National Formulary chapters 6.4.1.1 and 6.4.1.2. Some of the products could be wed for indications other than HRT. 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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Hormorne replacement therapy—England 1991–92 NIC—Net Ingredient Cost NIC—Net Ingredient Cost per head of Female Population FHSA Name NIC NIC/Head £ £ Cleveland 579,975 2.03 Cumbria 513,631 2.05 Durham 597,589 1.93 Northumberland 287,420 1.83 Gateshead 191,788 1.84 Newcastle upon Tyne 225,443 1.59 North Tyneside 170,745 1.68 South Tyneside 128,790 1.59 Sunderland 270,097 1.77 Northern RHA 2,965,478 1.87 Humberside 864,076 1.93 North Yorkshire 763,371 2.07 Bradford 405,128 1.68 Calderdale 176,848 1.76 Kirklees 306,322 1.57 Leeds 719,500 1.98 Wakefield 291,091 1.81 Yorkshire RHA 3,526,336 1.88 Derbyshire 866,565 1.82 Leicestershire 763,437 1.69 Lincolnshire 603,283 2,00 Nottinghamshire 912,784 1.77 Barnsley 190,450 1.67 Doncaster 321,214 2.16 Rotherham 171,854 1.33 Sheffield 457,509 1.72 Trent RHA 4,287,096 1.78 Cambridgeshire 673,611 2.00 Norfolk 906,173 2.34 Suffolk 583,899 1.75 East Anglia RHA 2,163,683 2.05 Bedfordshire 544,581 2.04 Hertfordshire 1,174,413 2.34 Barnet 279,609 1.80 Brent and Harrow 351,075 1.52 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 501,852 1.53 Hillingdon 235,285 1.97
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FHSA Name NIC NIC/Head £ £ Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 450,608 2.67 North West Thames RHA 3,537,424 2.00 Essex 1,737,656 2.20 Barking and Havering 307,844 1.59 Camden and Islington 348,021 1.91 City and East London 371,387 1.28 Enfield and Harringey 377,723 1.57 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 368,378 1.60 North East Thames RHA 3,511,009 1.82 East Sussex 797,161 2.10 Kent 1,764,088 2.24 Greenwich and Bexley 438,645 1.98 Bromley 385,880 2.53 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 625,343 1.70 South East Thames RHA 4,011,117 2.10 Surrey 1,232,952 2.23 West Sussex 911,909 2.45 Croydon 363,573 2.22 Kingston and Richmond 370,512 2.38 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 594,536 1.90 South West Thames RHA 3,473,483 2.27 Dorset 808,695 2.35 Hampshire 1,906,760 2.40 Wiltshire 579,860 2.01 Isle of Wight 175,537 2.66 Wessex RHA 3,470,582 2.32 Berkshire 862,692 2.29 Buckinghamshire 808,863 2.51 Northamptonshire 617,377 2.07 Oxfordshire 640,275 2.21 Oxford RHA 2,929,206 2.28 Avon 974,609 1.98 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 540,141 2.20 Devon 1,233,861 2.30 Gloucestershire 576,903 2.09 Somerset 495,070 2.06 South Western RHA 3,820,584 2.14 Hereford and Worcester 769,466 2.21 Shropshire 464,404 2.22 Staffordshire 1,002,273 1.90 Warwickshire 552,465 2.23 Birmingham 879,187 1.73 Coventry 293,369 1.89 Dudley 250,033 1.60 Sandwell 173,540 1.15 Solihull 289,761 2.82 Walsall 221,067 1.66 Wolverhampton 175,972 1.39 West Midlands RHA 5,071,539 1.90 Cheshire 1,259,205 2.55 Liverpool 462,260 1.86 St. Helens and Knowsley 334,512 1.94 Sefton 346,512 2.24 Wirral 389,056 2.21 Mersey RHA 2,791,620 2.24 Lancashire 1,482,176 2.04 Bolton 243,773 1.82
FHSA Name NIC NIC/Head £ £ Bury 196,882 2.14 Manchester 341,059 1.53 Oldham 212,248 1.88 Rochdale 219,809 2.09 Salford 238,549 2.04 Stockport 342,588 2.31 Tameside 197,317 1.75 Trafford 272,994 2.45 Wigan 323,490 2.05 North Western RHA 4,070,886 2.00 ENGLAND 49,630,313 2.02