§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pharmacies dispensed less than(a) 1,000 prescriptions per month and (b) 2,000 prescriptions per month in each of the family health services authority areas in England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many of these were classified as essential pharmacies.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis information is shown in the table and was derived from the Chemists Particulars 1991–92 provided by the Prescription Pricing Authority.
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Code FHSAs Number of pharmacies less than 2,000 per month Number of pharmacies less than 1,000 per month Number of essential small pharmacy schemes in 31 March 1992 321 Cleveland 12 2 2 322 Cumbria 30 5 6 323 Durham 19 4 3 324 Northumberland 30 0 3 325 Gateshead 10 1 0 326 Newcastle 14 1 1 327 North Tyneside 13 2 0 328 South Tyneside 8 0 1 329 Sunderland 9 0 0 341 Humberside 33 1 2 342 North Yorkshire 29 1 3 343 Bradford 23 6 3 344 Calderdale 14 1 0 345 Kirklees 17 1 0 346 Leeds 36 5 1 347 Wakefield 5 0 1 361 Derbyshire 41 3 3 362 Leicestershire 69 10 7 363 Lincolnshire 11 1 1 364 Nottinghamshire 44 8 4 365 Barnsley 6 1 0 366 Doncaster 2 0 0 367 Rotherham 10 2 1 368 Sheffield 21 1 0 381 Cambridgeshire 25 2 1 382 Norfolk 19 4 2 383 Suffolk 25 5 7 401 Bedfordshire 18 4 1 402 Hertfordshire 96 19 10 403 Barnet 45 6 1 404 Brent and Harrow 85 17 0 405 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 106 23 0 406 Hillingdon 32 8 2 407 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 139 88 0 421 Essex 72 10 11 422 Barking and Havering 24 4 0 423 Camden and Islington 76 33 0 424 City and East London 66 18 0 425 Enfield and Haringey 47 5 0 426 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 33 5 0 441 East Sussex 43 5 4 442 Kent 54 6 7 443 Greenwich and Bexley 37 6 0 444 Bromley 18 1 0 445 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 79 19 0 461 Surrey 69 8 2 462 West Sussex 27 4 1 463 Croydon 37 5 0 464 Kingston and Richmond 44 7 0 465 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 71 11 0 481 Dorset 28 6 4 482 Hampshire 63 9 0 483 Wiltshire 21 1 2 484 Isle of Wight 6 1 0 301 Berkshire 31 2 0 502 Buckinghamshire 28 3 4 503 Northamptonshire 29 7 3 504 Oxfordshire 33 6 6 521 Avon 52 6 3 522 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 29 7 4 523 Devon 43 8 6 524 Gloucestershire 30 5 3 525 Somerset 18 1 3 541 Hereford and Worcester 29 5 3 542 Shropshire 20 2 1 543 Staffordshire 41 8 3 544 Warwickshire 20 4 3 545 Birmingham 53 4 0 546 Coventry 22 4 0 547 Dudley 6 1 0 548 Sandwell 8 1 1 549 Solihull 9 1 2 551 Walsall 10 0 0 552 Wolverhampton 9 2 0
Code FHSAs Number of pharmacies less than 2,000 per month Number of pharmacies less than 1,000 per month Number of essential small pharmacy schemes in 31 March 1992 561 Cheshire 35 6 0 562 Liverpool 18 2 0 563 St. Helens and Knowsley 3 0 0 564 Sefton 7 0 0 565 Wirral 16 0 0 581 Lancashire 69 8 5 582 Bolton 5 1 0 583 Bury 6 3 0 584 Manchester 17 3 0 585 Oldham 7 0 1 586 Rochdale 3 0 0 587 Salford 6 0 0 588 Stockport 14 1 0 589 Tameside 10 2 2 591 Trafford 14 0 0 592 Wigan 6 0 0 ENGLAND TOTAL 2,767 499 150 To qualify for payment under the Essential Small Pharmacy Scheme a pharmacy must dispense between 6,000 and 17,200 prescriptions per year and be more than two kilometres from the next pharmacy.
Code FHSAs No. of Pharmacies Less than 2,000 per month No. of Pharmacies Less than 1,000 per month No. of Essential Small Pharmacy Schemes in 31 March 1992 601 Clwyd 14 4 4 602 Dyfed 29 10 9 603 Gwent 13 1 0 604 Gwynedd 17 4 0 605 Mid Glamorgan 23 0 0 606 Powys 6 1 3 607 South Glamorgan 20 0 1 608 West Glamorgan 23 8 1 WALES TOTAL 145 28 18 To qualify for payment under the Essential Small Pharmacy Scheme a pharmacy must dispense between 6,000 and 17,200 prescriptions per year and be more than two kilometres from the next pharmacy.