HC Deb 13 April 1999 vol 329 cc101-3W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current unit cost in the NHS of each accepted treatment for erectile dysfunction disorder by(a) prescribable drug and (b) other means. [76133]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is not available in any comparable form.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total cost per adult male of GP-prescribed drug treatments for erectile dysfunction disorders in(a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each English health authority area in the most recent complete year available. [76132]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is shown in the table.

Net ingredient cost per 1,000 adult males of drugs for erectile dysfunction disorders prescribed by General Practitioners England 1998
£
Regional Office/Health Authority Net ingredients cost per 1,000 males aged 18 and over
Northern and Yorkshire
Bradford 671
County Durham 568
East Riding 702
Gateshead and South Tyneside 730
Leeds 464
Newcastle and North Tyneside 693
North Cumbria 487
Northumberland 448
Sunderland 495
Tees 409
Wakefield 367
North Yorkshire 522
Calderdale and Kirklees 492
Average for Northern and Yorkshire 545

£
Regional Office/Health Authority Net ingredients cost per 1,000 males aged 18 and over
Trent
Barnsley 387
North Derbyshire 321
South Derbyshire 385
Doncaster 881
Leicestershire 408
Lincolnshire 451
North Nottinghamshire 285
Nottingham 489
Rotherham 510
Sheffield 288
South Humber 518
Average for Trent 429
Anglia and Oxford
Bedfordshire 452
Berkshire 460
Buckinghamshire 250
Cambridge and Huntingdon 396
East Norfolk 701
Northamptonshire 496
North West Anglia 539
Oxfordshire 385
Suffolk 423
Average for Anglia and Oxford 452
North Thames
Hillingdon 573
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 491
Enfield and Haringey 470
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 319
Barking and Havering 451
Barnet 481
Brent and Harrow 562
Camden and Islington 578
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 619
East London and The City 563
North Essex 492
South Essex 429
East and North Hertfordshire 424
West Hertfordshire 493
Average for North Thames 496
South Thames
Bexley and Greenwich 518
Bromley 446
Croydon 415
East Kent 549
West Kent 487
Kingston and Richmond 442
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 588
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 532
East Surrey 438
West Surrey 445
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 466
West Sussex 544
Average for South Thames 499
South and West
North and Mid Hampshire 478
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 443
Southampton and South West Hampshire 552
Isle of Wight 566
Somerset 500
South and West Devon 583
Wiltshire 433

Net ingredient cost per 1,000 adult males of drugs for erectile dysfunction disorders prescribed by General Practitioners England 1998
£
Regional Office/Health Authority Net ingredients cost per 1,000 males aged 18 and over
Avon 511
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 517
Dorset 772
North and East Devon 500
Gloucestershire 550
Average for South and West 536
West Midlands
Birmingham 584
Coventry 630
Dudley 439
Herefordshire 273
Sandwell 451
Shropshire 541
Solihull 602
North Staffordshire 531
South Staffordshire 577
Walsall 388
Warwickshire 552
Wolverhampton 738
Worcestershire 481
Average for West Midlands 537
North West
South Lancashire 556
Liverpool 588
Manchester 769
Morecambe Bay 490
St. Helens and Knowsley 1,062
Salford and Trafford 894
Sefton 530
Stockport 672
West Pennine 623
Bury and Rochdale 641
North Cheshire 737
South Cheshire 755
East Lancashire 458
North West Lancashire 726
Wigan and Bolton 671
Wirral 669
Average for North West 680
Average for England 525

Notes:

1. The information is from the Prescribing Analyses and Cost system (PACT) which is based on all prescriptions prescribed by General Practitioners which are dispensed.

2. The population figures used are based on the Office for National Statistics mid year resident population projections for 1998, 1996 based.

3. The net ingredient cost is the basic cost of a drug which does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income.

4. Drugs used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction are defined as those in the British National Formulary paragraph 7.4.5, "Drugs for impotence".

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