§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of cranial synostosis have occurred per 100,000 births in each health authority over the last 10 years.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is in the table:
§ Dr. MawhinneyInformation for the calendar year 1992 is shown in the table. The cost information is in terms of net ingredient cost, that is, the basic cost of the drugs before discount and excluding dispensing costs and fees.
The drugs used for the treatment of asthma are those shown in the following "British National Formulary" sections:
- 3.1—Bronchodilators
- 3.2—Corticosteroids
- 3.3—Cromoglycate and related therapy.
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Drugs for the treatment of asthma—British National Formulary sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 England 1992 Family health services authority Net ingredient cost (£ thousands) Net ingredient cost per head of population (£) 321 Cleveland 3,599.1 6.43 322 Cumbria 3,186.6 6.50 323 Durham 4,413.7 7.27 324 Northumberland 2,393.4 7.79 325 Gateshead 1,367.9 6.74 132W
Family health services authority Net ingredient cost (£ thousands) Net ingredient cost per head of population (£) 326 Newcastle 1,995.6 7.08 327 North Tyneside 1,315.6 6.74 328 South Tyneside 1,073.6 6.83 329 Sunderland 2,185.2 7.35 Northern RHA 21,530.8 6.95 341 Humberside 5,525.3 6.27 342 North Yorkshire 4,245.0 5.87 343 Bradford 2,869.4 6.01 344 Calderdale 1,302.9 6.72 345 Kirklees 2,338.2 6.10 346 Leeds 4,597.6 6.37 347 Wakefield 2,498.5 7.88 Yorkshire RHA 23,376.8 6.32 361 Derbyshire 6,030.0 6.37 362 Leicestershire 5,959.0 6.60 363 Lincolnshire 4,151.4 6.96 364 Nottinghamshire 6,605.2 6.44 365 Barnsley 1,535.8 6.83 366 Doncaster 2,284.3 7.78 367 Rotherham 1,559.4 6.11 368 Sheffield 3,665.3 6.90 Trent RHA 31,790.3 6.66 381 Cambridgeshire 3,983.5 5.88 382 Norfolk 5,007.3 6.56 383 Suffolk 3,995.4 6.17 East Anglia RHA 12,986.2 6.22 401 Bedfordshire 3,130.3 5.83 402 Hertfordshire 6,158.2 6.19 403 Barnet 1,531.6 5.07 404 Brent and Harrow 2,514.0 5.56 405 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 3,542.9 5.48 406 Hillingdon 1,237.3 5.21 407 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 1,637.1 4.88 North West Thames RHA 19,751.5 5.64 421 Essex 8,310.0 5.34 422 Barking and Havering 1,885.0 4.99 423 Camden and Islington 1,947.3 5.48 424 City and East London 3,304.3 5.64 425 Enfield and Harringey 2,253.4 4.76 426 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 2,164.2 4.81 North East Thames RHA 19,864.5 5.23 441 East Sussex 4,402.0 6.11 442 Kent 7,763.1 5.05 443 Bexley and Greenwich 2,367.8 5.45 444 Bromley 1,381.2 4.71 445 Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark 4,001.2 5.51 South East Thames RHA 19,915.3 5.36 461 Surrey 5,417.1 5.23 462 West Sussex 4,455.2 6.25 463 Croydon 1,422.5 4.44 464 Kingston and Richmond 1,664.0 5.49 465 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 3,248.2 5.32 South West Thames RHA 16,206.9 5.43 481 Dorset 4.054.0 6.10 482 Hampshire 8,819.2 5.56
Family health services authority Net ingredient cost (£ thousands) Net ingredient cost per head of population (£) 483 Wiltshire 3,358.2 5.80 484 Isle of Wight 984.2 7.84 Wessex RHA 17,215.7 5.82 501 Berkshire 4,922.1 6.49 502 Buckinghamshire 3,658.8 5.67 503 Northamptonshire 3,469.8 5.88 504 Oxfordshire 3,405.6 5.80 Oxford RHA 15,456.2 5.99 521 Avon 5,377.3 5.55 522 Cornwall 3,405.3 7.16 523 Devon 6,931.8 6.63 524 Gloucestershire 4,094.4 7.56 525 Somerset 2,560.9 5.42 South Western RHA 22,369.7 6.39 541 Hereford and Worcester 4,965.5 7.19 542 Shropshire 3,218.3 7.80 543 Staffordshire 6,628.2 6.30 544 Warwickshire 4,195.3 8.53 545 Birmingham 6,530.5 6.47 546 Coventry 1,949.2 6.40 547 Dudley 1,640.1 5.27 548 Sandwell 2,203.9 7.49 549 Solihull 1,421.6 7.08 551 Walsall 1,785.5 6.78 552 Wolverhampton 1,424.0 5.75 West Midlands RHA 35,962.2 6.81 561 Cheshire 6,448.1 6.67 562 Liverpool 3,315.0 6.92 563 St. Helens and Knowsley 2,487.8 7.39 564 Sefton 1,971.9 6.69 565 Wirral 2,460.1 7.34 Mersey RHA 16,682.9 6.92 581 Lancashire 10,375.9 7.34 582 Bolton 1,944.6 7.37 583 Bury 1,362.8 7.55 584 Manchester 3,625.5 8.34 585 Oldham 1,485.3 6.74 586 Rochdale 2,011.9 9.78 587 Salford 1,931.4 8.39 588 Stockport 2,003.3 6.94 589 Tameside 1,487.1 6.73 591 Trafford 1,640.4 7.60 592 Wigan 2,331.2 7.46 North Western RHA 30,199.5 7.57 England 303,308.4 6.27 Notes:
- 1. The data cover all prescriptions dispensed by community pharmacists and appliance contractors, dispensing doctors, and prescriptions submitted by prescribing doctors for items personally administered.
- 2. BNF section based on the September 1991 BNF.
- 3. For net ingredient cost per head OPCS 1991 mid year resident population projections for 1992 have been used.