HC Deb 12 June 2002 vol 386 cc1327-37W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were issued in 2001 for

Estimated number of prescription items (thousand) dispensed in the community in England for atypical, traditional and all antipsychotics by broad age group by health authorities and regions, 2001
Atypical Antipsychotics
Aged 16 to 59 years
Health authority in which dispensed Children aged 0–15 years Elderly people aged 60 and over Exempt Charged1 Total
Eastern region
Bedfordshire 0.1 9.7 7.4 2.0 19.2
East and North Hertfordshire 0.4 12.5 9.1 2.8 24.8
Hertfordshire 0.3 17.2 14.3 4.8 36.6
Norfolk 0.2 10.1 13.9 2.7 26.8
North Essex 0.2 13.9 13.3 3.3 30.7
South Essex 0.3 12.4 8.7 2.0 23.5
Suffolk 0.2 12.5 6.2 2.0 20.9
Total for eastern region 1.8 88.3 73.0 19.6 182.6
London region
Barking and Havering 0.0 6.5 5.4 1.7 13.6
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 0.0 17.5 16.5 3.2 37.3
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 0.1 11.5 8.3 2.1 22.0
Brent and Harrow 0.0 5.8 10.8 1.8 18.5
Camden and Islington 0.0 3.7 11.1 1.3 16.1
Croydon 0.0 6.7 7.7 1.4 15.8
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 0.0 9.1 13.5 2.1 24.7
East London and The City 0.1 6.9 17.5 1.5 26.0
Hillingdon 0.0 1.8 3.2 1.1 6.1
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 0.0 5.4 9.0 1.6 16.1
Kingston and Richmond 0.1 7.2 4.6 1.9 13.9
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 0.2 13.0 17.6 2.0 32.8
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0.1 10.9 12.4 2.8 26.1
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 0.2 7.8 8.5 1.5 18.1
Total for London region 1.1 114.0 145.9 26.0 287.0
North West region
Bury and Rochdale 0.0 6.4 8.4 1.3 16.1
East Lancashire 0.2 9.6 9.9 2.1 21.7
Liverpool 0.1 12.0 14.8 1.4 28.3
Manchester 0.1 9.3 17.4 1.2 28.0
Morecambe Bay 0.1 8.0 5.5 1.2 14.8
North Cheshire 0.0 3.8 4.5 0.7 9.0
North West Lancashire 0.0 11.4 10.3 2.6 24.3
Salford and Trafford 0.1 8.6 11.7 1.5 21.9
Sefton 0.0 6.6 9.0 1.2 16.8
South Cheshire 0.1 13.2 11.5 3.1 27.9
South Lancashire 0.0 5.3 5.1 1.3 11.8
St. Helens and Knowsley 0.0 7.3 10.0 1.5 18.8
Stockport 0.1 6.7 6.5 1.2 14.5
West Pennine 0.1 7.2 7.1 1.2 15.5
Wigan and Bolton 0.0 14.7 9.9 1.9 26.5
Wirral 0.1 8.4 10.4 1.7 20.6
Total for North West region 1.0 138.6 151.9 25.1 316.7
Northern and Yorkshire region
Bradford 0.0 9.7 8.6 1.2 19.6
Calderdale and Kirklees 0.2 11.3 11.7 2.2 25.5
County Durham and Darlington 0.1 9.2 10.0 1.8 21.1
East Riding and Hull 0.0 8.4 11.0 2.1 21.5
Gateshead and South Tyneside 0.2 7.2 5.4 1.0 13.7
Leeds 0.1 16.2 17.1 2.9 36.2
Newcastle and North Tyneside 0.3 17.3 15.2 1.8 34.6
North Cumbria 0.1 6.7 5.5 1.7 14.1
North Yorkshire 0.2 10.7 7.3 2.2 20.4
Northumberland 0.2 4.8 5.6 1.1 11.7

(a) atypical, (b) traditional and (c) all antipsychotic medication in each region and health authority for age groups (i) 0 to 15 years, (ii) 16 to 59 years and (iii) 60 years and over. [60630]

Jacqui Smith

The information is shown in the table.

Estimated number of prescription items (thousand) dispensed in the community in England for atypical, traditional and all antipsychotics by broad age group by health authorities and regions, 2001
Atypical Antipsychotics
Aged 16 to 59 years
Health authority in which dispensed Children aged 0–15 years Elderly people aged 60 and over Exempt Charged1 Total
Sunderland 0.1 4.6 5.6 0.7 11.0
Tees 0.1 7.6 10.2 1.5 19.4
Wakefield 0.0 8.3 6.2 1.1 15.6
Total for Northern and Yorkshire region 1.7 122.1 119.2 21.4 264.4
South East region
Berkshire 0.1 11.2 10.4 3.6 25.3
Buckinghamshire 0.1 10.2 9.0 2.2 21.5
East Kent 0.4 10.8 12.1 2.3 25.7
East Surrey 0.0 4.5 4.3 1.9 10.7
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 0.3 16.3 14.5 3.1 34.1
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 0.1 15.1 10.4 2.9 28.5
North and Mid Hampshire 0.3 11.0 7.2 3.0 21.5
Northamptonshire 0.4 6.0 8.0 2.7 17.1
Oxfordshire 0.2 12.3 7.5 3.4 23.4
Southampton and South West Hampshire 0.2 13.0 10.6 2.9 26.8
West Kent 0.3 16.1 13.8 4.0 34.1
West Surrey 0.3 9.5 6.9 3.0 19.7
West Sussex 0.2 11.2 10.9 3.3 25.6
Total for South East region 3.0 147.2 125.6 38.4 314.2
South West region
Avon 0.1 15.8 16.0 3.3 35.2
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 0.4 5.3 7.7 1.2 14.7
Dorset 0.1 9.3 9.8 3.0 22.2
Gloucestershire 0.1 6.0 6.4 2.0 14.6
North and East Devon 0.5 7.9 9.5 1.9 19.8
Somerset 0.4 8.4 5.6 1.2 15.6
South and West Devon 0.5 11.1 14.5 2.1 28.2
Wiltshire 0.2 12.4 8.6 2.4 23.6
Total for South West region 2.4 76.2 78.1 17.2 173.9
Trent region
Barnsley 0.0 2.7 3.1 0.9 6.7
Doncaster 0.1 2.6 3.4 0.6 6.8
Leicestershire 0.1 10.9 13.0 2.5 26.5
Lincolnshire 0.6 9.4 6.9 2.0 18.9
North Derbyshire 0.1 3.4 4.8 1.0 9.2
North Nottinghamshire 0.0 4.8 3.0 0.9 8.7
Nottingham 0.0 2.9 2.1 0.7 5.7
Rotherham 0.0 7.7 4.0 0.6 12.4
Sheffield 0.1 4.4 6.6 1.0 12.0
South Humber 0.2 3.5 4:6 0.8 9.2
Southern Derbyshire 0.1 4.6 5.4 1.5 11.6
Total for Trent region 1.3 56.9 57.0 12.4 127.6
West Midlands region
Birmingham 0.8 16.3 20.7 2.6 40.4
Coventry 0.1 8.7 8.7 1.5 19.0
Dudley 0.2 2.0 3.7 0.9 6.8
Herefordshire 0.0 0.9 2.0 0.4 3.3
North Staffordshire 0.1 7.2 5.2 1.5 14.0
Sandwell 0.1 2.3 3.8 0.7 6.9
Shropshire 0.2 6.7 4.5 1.4 12.8
Solihull 0.1 2.8 2.6 0.6 6.1
South Staffordshire 0.3 9.7 4.9 1.8 16.8
Walsall 0.1 4.7 3.5 0.6 8.8
Warwickshire 0.2 10.1 7.4 2.0 19.6
Wolverhampton 0.0 3.2 3.8 0.4 7.5
Worcestershire 0.4 6.7 5.0 1.4 13.5
Total for West Midlands region 2.6 81.3 75.9 15.8 175.5
England 14.8 824.6 826.7 175.9 1,841.9

Traditional antipsychotics
Aged 16 to 59 years
Health authority in which dispensed Children aged 0–15 years Elderly people aged 60 and over Exempt Charged1 Items personally administered Total
Eastern region
Bedfordshire 0.1 10.8 9.1 2.6 0.1 22.7
East and North Hertfordshire 0.1 17.0 14.3 4.9 0.2 36.5
Hertfordshire 0.2 20.7 13.9 5.6 0.1 40.4
Norfolk 0.2 28.8 33.5 7.3 0.4 70.2
North Essex 0.3 22.7 17.0 4.3 0.1 44.5
South Essex 0.2 11.7 13.6 3.0 0.0 28.5
Suffolk 0.2 20.0 14.7 4.3 0.3 39.5
Total for eastern region 1.3 131.7 116.2 32.0 1.3 282.4
London region
Barking and Havering 0.2 7.8 6.0 1.9 0.0 15.9
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 0.1 14.9 18.0 3.4 0.0 36.4
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 0.1 13.6 10.9 3.2 0.0 27.9
Brent and Harrow 0.0 7.4 8.7 1.9 0.0 18.1
Camden and Islington 0.0 5.2 14.1 1.4 0.0 20.7
Croydon 0.0 6.4 8.2 1.3 0.0 15.9
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 0.1 11.9 17.1 3.5 0.0 32.6
East London and The City 0.1 7.8 18.8 1.9 0.0 28.6
Hillingdon 0.1 4.4 3.6 0.9 0.0 8.9
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 0.0 3.5 6.8 1.1 0.0 11.4
Kingston and Richmond 0.0 5.7 4.4 1.5 0.0 11.6
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 0.0 13.4 16.4 2.0 0.0 31.9
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0.1 12.6 11.0 2.5 0.0 26.2
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 0.0 7.1 8.6 1.5 0.0 17.2
Total for London region 1.0 121.7 152.5 28.1 0.0 303.3
North West region
Bury and Rochdale 0.0 14.7 16.2 3.6 0.0 34.6
East Lancashire 0.1 15.5 20.4 3.3 0.0 39.4
Liverpool 0.1 12.0 21.8 2.0 0.0 35.9
Manchester 0.1 14.8 26.1 2.0 0.0 43.1
Morecambe Bay 0.0 13.1 9.7 2.6 0.1 25.5
North Cheshire 0.1 10.6 13.5 2.9 0.0 27.2
North West Lancashire 0.0 15.8 17.1 3.5 0.0 36.3
Salford and Trafford 0.1 23.1 19.3 3.0 0.0 45.6
Sefton 0.0 11.1 12.6 2.0 0.0 25.7
South Cheshire 0.1 18.8 15.2 3.6 0.0 37.8
South Lancashire 0.1 7.0 5.3 2.2 0.0 14.7
St. Helens and Knowsley 0.1 11.0 14.9 2.3 0.0 28.3
Stockport 0.0 17.1 13.4 3.4 0.0 34.0
West Pennine 0.0 12.9 15.8 2.4 0.0 31.2
Wigan and Bolton 0.1 16.0 15.4 3.2 0.0 34.8
Wirral 0.0 8.4 15.2 2.2 0.0 25.9
Total for North West region 1.2 222.0 252.2 44.3 0.2 519.9
Northern and Yorkshire region
Bradford 0.0 12.8 16.1 2.8 0.0 31.8
Calderdale and Kirklees 0.1 16.8 12.4 3.1 0.0 32.3
County Durham and Darlington 0.2 22.1 19.1 3.5 0.1 45.1
East Riding and Hull 0.1 18.5 14.6 3.1 0.1 36.4
Gateshead and South Tyneside 0.1 10.7 10.9 1.9 0.0 23.7
Leeds 0.1 19.4 23.9 5.1 0.0 48.6
Newcastle and North Tyneside 0.0 11.5 15.8 2.4 0.0 29.8
North Cumbria 0.1 7.9 8.7 2.1 0.1 18.9
North Yorkshire 0.3 21.3 14.3 4.7 0.2 40.8
Northumberland 0.0 8.1 7.3 1.6 0.1 17.1
Sunderland 0.1 6.4 5.4 1.1 0.0 12.9
Tees 0.2 18.4 17.5 2.3 0.0 38.4
Wakefield 0.0 8.9 9.5 2.3 0.0 20.7
Total for Northern and Yorkshire region 1.5 182.7 175.5 36.1 0.6 396.5
South East region
Berkshire 0.1 14.9 13.4 4.2 0.1 32.6
Buckinghamshire 0.2 12.5 10.4 3.9 0.1 27.2
East Kent 0.2 14.9 14.9 2.7 0.1 32.8
East Surrey 0.0 11.8 6.2 1.7 0.0 19.8
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 0.1 21.6 23.2 4.1 0.1 49.1

Traditional antipsychotics
Aged 16 to 59 years
Health authority in which dispensed Children aged 0–15 years Elderly people aged 60 and over Exempt Charged1 Items personally administered Total
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 0.1 20.2 15.8 3.8 0.1 39.9
North and Mid Hampshire 0.3 11.2 8.5 3.5 0.1 23.6
Northamptonshire 0.2 14.4 13.6 3.7 0.0 31.9
Oxfordshire 0.1 9.8 8.2 3.1 0.2 21.4
Southampton and South West Hampshire 0.2 14.0 12.2 4.1 0.1 30.5
West Kent 0.2 18.0 19.7 5.5 0.1 43.4
West Surrey 0.1 12.5 9.6 3.6 0.0 25.8
West Sussex 0.1 28.8 13.5 4.5 0.1 47.0
Total for South East region 1.8 204.6 169.2 48.5 0.9 425.0
South West region
Avon 0.2 26.8 25.4 5.1 0.1 57.5
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 0.1 15.5 16.0 2.9 0.2 34.7
Dorset 0.2 23.8 14.7 3.3 0.1 42.2
Gloucestershire 0.3 14.0 13.9 4.7 0.1 33.1
North and East Devon 0.1 14.8 11.9 3.1 0.2 30.0
Somerset 0.1 11.0 9.6 2.1 0.1 22.9
South and West Devon 0.1 19.6 21.7 3.1 0.2 44.7
Wiltshire 0.1 14.2 11.7 4.0 0.1 30.1
Total for South West region 1.1 139.7 124.9 28.3 1.1 295.2
Trent region
Barnsley 0.1 7.6 5.1 1.6 0.0 14.4
Doncaster 0.1 9.5 9.1 2.1 0.0 20.7
Leicestershire 0.1 21.2 22.2 4.8 0.1 48.3
Lincolnshire 0.1 23.0 16.5 5.8 0.2 45.6
North Derbyshire 0.1 14.3 10.5 2.1 0.0 27.0
North Nottinghamshire 0.1 13.5 8.5 2.1 0.1 24.3
Nottingham 0.1 19.2 15.2 4.3 0.1 38.8
Rotherham 0.1 15.6 7.5 1.1 0.0 24.4
Sheffield 0.2 16.2 15.0 3.2 0.0 34.6
South Humber 0.1 10.7 9.6 2.4 0.0 22.9
Southern Derbyshire 0.1 19.5 12.8 3.4 0.0 35.9
Total for Trent region 1.1 170.3 131.9 33.0 0.5 336.9
West Midlands region
Birmingham 0.6 24.5 34.7 4.1 0.0 63.9
Coventry 0.1 5.6 8.0 1.7 0.0 15.4
Dudley 0.0 11.2 8.8 2.6 0.0 22.6
Herefordshire 0.2 5.3 4.4 1.0 0.1 10.9
North Staffordshire 0.1 15.3 11.7 3.5 0.0 30.5
Sandwell 0.1 9.5 8.0 1.7 0.0 19.2
Shropshire 0.1 11.7 10.5 2.5 0.1 24.8
Solihull 0.1 3.5 3.5 1.2 0.0 8.2
South Staffordshire 0.1 15.9 11.1 3.0 0.1 30.1
Walsall 0.0 9.9 8.1 1.7 0.0 19.6
Warwickshire 0.0 12.1 9.4 3.5 0.1 25.1
Wolverhampton 0.1 8.4 7.0 1.1 0.0 16.5
Worcestershire 0.3 17.1 9.9 2.3 0.1 29.8
Total for West Midlands region 1.7 149.9 134.9 29.9 0.4 316.8
England 10.8 1,322.7 1,257.2 280.2 5.1 2,876.0

All antipsychotics
Aged 16 to 59 years
Health authority in which dispensed Children aged 0–15 years Elderly people aged 60 and over Exempt Charged1 Items personally administered Total
Eastern region
Bedfordshire 0.3 20.5 16.6 4.6 0.1 42.0
East and North Hertfordshire 0.5 29.5 23.5 7.6 0.2 61.3
Hertfordshire 0.5 37.8 28.2 10.4 0.1 77.0
Norfolk 0.4 38.9 47.4 9.9 0.4 97.1
North Essex 0.5 36.5 30.3 7.7 0.1 75.2
South Essex 0.5 24.1 22.3 5.1 0.0 52.0
Suffolk 0.4 32.6 20.9 6.3 0.3 60.4
Total for eastern region 3.0 219.9 189.2 51.5 1.3 464.9

All antipsychotics
Aged 16 to 59 years
Health authority in which dispensed Children aged 0–15 years Elderly people aged 60 and over Exempt Charged1 Items personally administered Total
London region
Barking and Havering 0.2 14.3 11.5 3.5 0.0 29.5
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 0.2 32.4 34.5 6.6 0.0 73.6
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 0.2 25.1 19.2 5.3 0.0 49.8
Brent and Harrow 0.0 13.3 19.5 3.8 0.0 36.6
Camden and Islington 0.1 8.9 25.1 2.7 0.0 36.8
Croydon 0.0 13.1 15.8 2.8 0.0 31.7
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 0.2 21.0 30.6 5.6 0.0 57.3
East London and The City 0.2 14.7 36.2 3.4 0.0 54.6
Hillingdon 0.1 6.2 6.8 2.0 0.0 15.1
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 0.0 8.9 15.8 2.7 0.0 27.5
Kingston and Richmond 0.1 12.9 9.1 3.4 0.0 25.5
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 0.3 26.4 34.0 4.0 0.0 64.6
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0.2 23.5 23.3 5.3 0.0 52.3
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 0.3 14.9 17.1 3.0 0.0 35.3
Total for London region 2.1 235.6 298.4 54.1 0.0 590.3
North West region
Bury and Rochdale 0.1 21.2 24.6 4.9 0.0 50.7
East Lancashire 0.3 25.1 30.3 5.4 0.0 61.1
Liverpool 0.2 24.0 36.6 3.4 0.0 64.2
Manchester 0.2 24.1 43.6 3.2 0.0 71.1
Morecambe Bay 0.1 21.1 15.3 3.8 0.1 40.3
North Cheshire 0.1 14.4 18.0 3.6 0.0 36.2
North West Lancashire 0.0 27.2 27.3 6.0 0.0 60.7
Salford and Trafford 0.2 31.7 31.0 4.5 0.0 67.5
Sefton 0.0 17.7 21.6 3.2 0.0 42.5
South Cheshire 0.2 32.0 26.7 6.7 0.0 65.6
South Lancashire 0.2 12.3 10.5 3.5 0.0 26.5
St. Helens and Knowsley 0.1 18.3 24.9 3.8 0.0 47.1
Stockport 0.1 23.8 19.9 4.6 0.0 48.5
West Pennine 0.1 20.1 22.9 3.6 0.0 46.7
Wigan and Bolton 0.1 30.7 25.3 5.1 0.0 61.3
Wirral 0.1 16.8 25.6 3.9 0.0 46.5
Total for North West region 2.2 360.7 404.1 69.4 0.2 836.6
Northern and Yorkshire region
Bradford 0.1 22.5 24.7 4.1 0.0 51.4
Calderdale and Kirklees 0.3 28.1 24.0 5.3 0.0 57.8
County Durham and Darlington 0.3 31.3 29.1 5.4 0.1 66.2
East Riding and Hull 0.1 26.9 25.6 5.3 0.1 57.9
Gateshead and South Tyneside 0.3 17.9 16.3 2.9 0.0 37.4
Leeds 0.3 35.6 41.0 8.0 0.0 84.8
Newcastle and North Tyneside 0.3 28.8 31.0 4.2 0.0 64.4
North Cumbria 0.2 14.6 14.2 3.8 0.1 33.0
North Yorkshire 0.5 32.0 21.5 6.9 0.2 61.2
Northumberland 0.2 12.9 12.9 2.7 0.1 28.8
Sunderland 0.1 11.0 11.0 1.8 0.0 24.0
Tees 0.3 26.0 27.8 3.8 0.0 57.8
Wakefield 0.1 17.2 15.7 3.4 0.0 36.6
Total for Northern and Yorkshire region 3.2 304.8 294.8 57.5 0.6 660.9
South East region
Berkshire 0.2 26.1 23.8 7.8 0.1 58.0
Buckinghamshire 0.3 22.7 19.4 6.2 0.1 48.7
East Kent 0.7 25.7 27.0 5.1 0.1 58.5
East Surrey 0.0 16.3 10.5 3.7 0.0 30.4
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 0.4 37.9 37.7 7.2 0.1 83.2
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 0.1 35.3 26.2 6.7 0.1 88.4
North and Mid Hampshire 0.6 22.2 15.7 6.5 0.1 45.1
Northamptonshire 0.5 20.5 21.6 6.4 0.0 49.0
Oxfordshire 0.3 22.0 15.8 6.5 0.2 44.8
Southampton and South West Hampshire 0.4 27.0 22.8 7.0 0.1 57.3
West Kent 0.5 34.0 33.4 9.5 0.1 77.6
West Surrey 0.4 22.0 16.4 6.6 0.0 45.5
West Sussex 0.3 40.0 24.5 7.8 0.1 72.5
Total for South East region 4.8 351.8 294.8 86.9 0.9 739.2

All antipsychotics
Aged 16 to 59 years
Health authority in which dispensed Children aged 0–15 years Elderly people aged 60 and over Exempt Charged1 Items personally administered Total
South West region
Avon 0.3 42.5 41.4 8.4 0.1 92.7
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 0.5 20.8 23.7 4.1 0.2 49.4
Dorset 0.3 33.1 24.5 6.4 0.1 64.5
Gloucestershire 0.4 20.1 20.4 6.8 0.1 47.8
North and East Devon 0.6 22.7 21.4 4.9 0.2 49.8
Somerset 0.4 19.4 15.2 3.3 0.1 38.5
South and West Devon 0.7 30.8 36.2 5.2 0.2 73.0
Wiltshire 0.3 26.6 20.3 6.4 0.1 53.7
Total for South West region 3.5 215.9 203.1 45.6 1.1 489.2
Trent region
Barnsley 0.1 10.3 8.2 2.6 0.0 21.1
Doncaster 0.2 12.2 12.5 2.7 0.0 27.6
Leicestershire 0.2 32.1 35.2 7.3 0.1 74.8
Lincolnshire 0.7 32.4 23.4 7.8 0.2 64.5
North Derbyshire 0.1 17.7 15.2 3.1 0.0 36.2
North Nottinghamshire 0.1 18.3 11.5 3.0 0.1 32.9
Nottingham 0.1 22.1 17.3 5.0 0.1 44.6
Rotherham 0.1 23.3 11.5 1.8 0.0 36.7
Sheffield 0.3 20.6 21.5 4.2 0.0 46.6
South Humber 0.3 14.2 14.2 3.2 0.0 32.0
Southern Derbyshire 0.3 24.1 18.2 4.9 0.0 47.5
Total for Trent region 2.4 227.2 188.8 45.5 0.5 464.5
West Midlands region
Birmingham 1.4 40.8 55.3 6.7 0.0 104.3
Coventry 0.2 14.3 16.7 3.2 0.0 34.4
Dudley 0.2 13.2 12.5 3.5 0.0 29.4
Herefordshire 0.2 6.2 6.4 1.4 0.1 14.2
North Staffordshire 0.2 22.4 16.9 5.0 0.0 44.6
Sandwell 0.2 11.7 11.8 2.4 0.0 26.1
Shropshire 0.3 18.4 15.0 3.9 0.1 37.6
Solihull 0.2 6.3 6.1 1.8 0.0 14.3
South Staffordshire 0.4 25.6 16.0 4.8 0.1 46.9
Walsall 0.1 14.6 11.6 2.2 0.0 28.4
Warwickshire 0.3 22.2 16.8 5.4 0.1 44.7
Wolverhampton 0.1 11.6 10.8 1.6 0.0 24.0
Worcestershire 0.6 23.8 14.9 3.7 0.1 43.2
Total for West Midlands region 4.3 231.2 210.8 45.6 0.4 492.3
England 25.6 2,147.2 2,083.9 456.2 5.1 4,717.9
1 Charged prescription items include those where a charge was made at the point of dispensing and where a patient has a pre-payment certificate.

Notes:

1. The analysis of the data for non-charged categories is based on a 1 in 20 sample of all exempt prescriptions submitted to the Prescription Pricing Authority by community pharmacists, appliance contractors, and dispensing doctors. Personally administered items are free of charge.

2. Antipsychotics are defined in the British National Formulary (BNF) paragraph 4.2.1, antipsychotic drugs. Atypical antipsychotics cover the drugs Amisulpride, Clozapine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone and Zotepine contained within BNF 4.2.1.

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