HC Deb 24 April 2002 vol 384 cc370-2W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) atypical and (b) traditional prescription items were dispensed in the community in England in 2001; and how many prescription items were dispensed in total, broken down by health authority. [50059]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 16 April 2002]: Information about the prescribing of antipsychotic medication is shown in the table.

Number of prescription items dispensed in the community in England for atypical antipsychotics, other antipsychotics and all antipsychotics, 2001
Prescription items (thousand)
Health authority in which item was dispenced Atypical antipsychotics Other antipsychotics All antipsychotics
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 16.1 11.4 27.5
Kingston and Richmond 13.9 11.6 25.5
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 32.8 31.9 64.6
Leeds 36.2 48.6 84.8
Leicestershire 26.5 48.3 74.8
Lincolnshire 18.9 45.6 64.5
Liverpool 28.3 35.9 64.2
Manchester 28.0 43.1 71.1
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 26.1 26.2 52.3
Morecambe Bay 14.8 25.5 40.3
Newcastle and North Tyneside 34.6 29.8 64.4
Norfolk 26.8 70.2 97.1
North and East Devon 19.8 30.0 49.8
North and Mid Hampshire 21.5 23.6 45.1
North Cheshire 9.0 27.2 36.2
North Cumbria 14.1 18.9 33.0
North Derbyshire 9.2 27.0 36.2
North Essex 30.7 44.5 75.2
North Nottinghamshire 8.7 24.3 32.9
North Staffordshire 14.0 30.5 44.6
North Yorkshire 20.4 40.8 61.2
Northamptonshire 17.1 31.9 49.0
Northumberland 11.7 17.1 28.8
Nottingham 5.7 38.8 44.6
North West Lancashire 24.3 36.3 60.7
Oxfordshire 23.4 21.4 44.8
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 18.1 17.2 35.2
Rotherham 12.4 24.4 36.7
Southampton and South West Hampshire 26.8 30.5 57.3
Salford and Trafford 21.9 45.6 67.5
Sandwell 6.9 19.2 26.1
Sefton 16.8 25.7 42.5
Sheffield 12.0 34.6 46.6
Shropshire 12.8 24.8 37.6
Solihull 6.1 8.2 14.3
Somerset 15.6 22.9 38.5
South and West Devon 28.2 44.7 73.0
South Cheshire 27.9 37.8 65.6
South Essex 23.5 28.5 52.0
South Humber 9.2 22.9 32.0
South Lancashire 11.8 14.7 26.5
South Staffordshire 16.8 30.1 46.9
Southern Derbyshire 11.6 35.9 47.5
St. Helens and Knowsley 18.8 28.3 47.1
Stockport 14.5 34.0 48.5
Suffolk 20.9 39.5 60.4
Sunderland 11.0 12.9 24.0
Tees 19.4 38.4 57.8
Wakefield 15.6 20.7 36.3
Walsall 8.8 19.6 28.4
Warwickshire 19.6 25.1 44.7
West Kent 34.1 43.4 77.6
West Pennine 15.5 31.2 46.7
West Surrey 19.7 25.8 45.5
West Sussex 25.6 47.0 72.6
Wigan and Bolton 26.5 34.8 61.3
Wiltshire 23.6 30.1 53.7
Wirral 20.6 25.9 46.5
Wolverhampton 7.5 16.5 24.0
Worcestershire 13.5 29.8 43.2
England 1,842.0 2,876.0 4,718.0

Notes:

1.The prescription information was obtained from the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system and is based on a full analysis of all prescriptions dispensed in the community, ie by community pharmacists and appliance contractors, dispensing doctors.

2. Antipsychotics are those drugs defined in the British National Formulary (BNF) paragraph 4.2.1, "Antipsychotic drugs". The atypical antipsychotics within BNF 4.2.1 are amisulpride, clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone and zotepine.