§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent in total by the NHS on drugs for(a) hospital, (b) community health and (c) family practitioner services in each of the past five years; and what proportion of that expenditure is attributable to (i) generic and (ii) branded products. [4188]
§ Mr. MaloneThe available information is shown in the tables.
NHS hospital and community health services drugs expenditure in England Financial year NHS HCHSexpenditure on drugs £ million 1990–91 460 1991–92 591 1992–93 643 1993–94 710 1994–95 764 Source
The annual publication "Health and Personal Social Services Statistics".
Family health services drugs expenditure in England Financial year FHSErpenditure on drugs £ million 1991–92 2,317 1992–93 2,641 1993–94 2,951 1994–95 3,230 1995–96 3,498 Source
Department of health annual report.
Note
National Health service expenditure on drugs cannot be split between hospital and community health, and it is not possible to identify what proportion of the hospital and community health services drugs expenditure is attributable to generic and branded products. For family health services, data on the proportion of medicines dispensed generically and by brand are in the latest Statistical Bulletin, copies of which are available in the Library.