Prescriptions (Hansard, 18 June 2002)

§ Mr. Lammy

Information for 2000 and 2001 is shown in the table. Information for 1999 and 1998 was provided in a reply to my hon. Friend to a previous question on 17 July 2000,Official Report, column 79W.

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The net integrated cost per head of population and the average net ingredient cost per prescription item for tranquillisers and antidepressants dispensed in the community in England by health authority, 2000 and 2001
	Tranquillisers	Antidepressants
	Net ingredient cost per head of population	Average net ingredient cost per prescription item	Net ingredient cost per head of population	Average net ingredient cost per prescription item
Health authority in which items were dispensed	2000	2001	2000	2001	2000	2001	2000	2001
Avon	2.5	3.0	5.78	6.95	5.8	6.5	13.91	13.88
Barking and Havering	2.6	3.3	7.82	9.68	4.2	4.6	14.43	14.40
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey	3.0	3.8	9.40	12.28	4.5	5.0	16.16	16.30
Barnsley	2.8	3.4	4.52	5.84	7.5	8.2	13.37	13.39
Bedfordshire	2.1	2.8	5.86	7.70	5.1	5.6	14.20	14.33
Berkshire	2.4	2.8	7.48	8.84	5.6	6.1	14.96	14.76
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich	2.3	2.7	6.77	8.19	5.1	5.4	15.57	15.35
Birmingham	2.8	3.7	6.36	8.22	5.4	6.0	14.18	14.53
Bradford	2.8	3.5	4.05	4.71	6.4	6.8	11.60	11.16
Brent and Harrow	3.2	4.1	11.35	14.44	3.9	4.4	16.77	17.14
Buckinghamshire	2.0	2.5	6.40	7.60	4.9	5.5	14.53	14.59
Bury and Rochdale	3.3	4.2	6.05	7.63	7.5	8.3	13.57	13.75
Calderdale and Kirklees	3.1	3.7	5.53	6.77	6.2	6.8	13.80	13.56
Cambridgeshire	2.1	2.6	5.36	6.75	5.8	6.4	13.58	13.45
Camden and Islington	3.9	4.6	8.65	10.42	6.4	6.7	17.91	17.53
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	2.4	2.8	4.46	5.12	7.0	7.7	12.64	12.54
County Durham and Darlington	2.9	3.5	5.54	6.65	7.6	8.2	12.99	12.77
Coventry	3.7	4.5	7.27	8.66	5.2	5.8	14.24	14.13
Croydon	3.6	4.4	11.34	14.01	4.6	4.9	15.96	15.92
Doncaster	2.4	2.7	4.85	5.67	7.0	7.7	12.31	12.11
Dorset	2.6	3.1	5.52	6.58	6.1	6.5	12.67	12.40
Dudley	2.2	2.8	6.55	8.17	5.5	6.2	14.92	15.25
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	2.9	3.6	9.05	11.36	4.3	4.6	17.51	17.29
East Kent	3.5	4.2	7.50	9.39	6.3	6.8	14.74	14.77
East Lancashire	3.8	4.5	5.09	5.83	6.6	7.5	12.37	12.45
East London and The City	3.4	4.4	11.62	14.44	4.2	4.7	15.21	15.08
East Riding and Hull	3.0	3.4	5.94	6.92	5.6	6.3	12.55	12.38
East Surrey	2.5	3.0	7.00	8.30	5.7	6.2	17.55	17.39
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	3.8	4.5	6.08	7.12	7.3	8.1	15.82	15.99
Gateshead and South Tyneside	3.0	3.6	5.93	7.15	8.1	8.8	13.91	13.59
Gloucestershire	2.2	2.8	5.26	6.34	6.7	7.3	14.98	14.91
Herefordshire	1.9	2.4	5.92	7.38	5.2	5.7	13.64	13.71
Hertfordshire	2.2	2.8	6.53	8.30	5.7	6.2	15.66	15.53
Hillingdon	2.0	2.6	6.38	8.10	4.0	4.5	14.36	14.32
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	2.8	3.5	6.91	8.12	7.6	8.6	15.44	15.82
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster	3.3	4.0	9.67	11.75	5.3	5.6	19.09	1.92
Kingston and Richmond	2.5	3.1	7.22	8.60	4.9	5.3	16.30	15.97
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	3.2	3.8	9.95	11.93	4.5	4.8	14.60	14.45
Leeds	2.9	3.6	6.12	7.64	7.5	8.2	13.67	13.66
Leicestershire	2.5	3.0	6.76	8.15	5.9	6.4	16.03	15.64
Lincolnshire	2.6	3.2	4.83	6.01	6.5	7.0	12.19	11.72
Liverpool	4.3	5.3	7.10	9.02	8.3	9.0	13.99	13.93
Manchester	4.8	5.6	6.95	8.11	7.7	8.5	12.78	12.57
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	3.3	4.0	9.89	11.99	4.7	5.0	16.46	16.31
Morecambe Bay	3.3	4.0	5.45	6.53	7.7	8.4	13.56	13.25
Newcastle and North Tyneside	3.5	4.6	6.55	8.52	7.7	8.7	12.57	12.79
Norfolk	2.7	3.4	4.72	5.74	7.9	8.9	13.44	13.39
North and East Devon	3 3	3.7	6.44	7.11	6.2	6.7	12.95	12.96
North and Mid Hampshire	2.8	3.4	7.90	9.45	6.3	7.0	15.05	15.29
North Cheshire	2.6	3.0	4.54	5.31	7.1	7.7	13.49	13.40
North Cumbria	3.2	3.9	6.47	7.76	8.0	9.1	14.81	15.18
North Derbyshire	2.2	2.7	5.21	6.39	6.4	6.9	12.35	11.86
North Essex	2.5	3.0	6.03	7.33	6.0	6.7	13.49	13.46
North Nottinghamshire	1.9	2.4	4.36	5.47	5.5	6.1	11.36	11.14
North Staffordshire	2.6	3.3	5.13	6.62	7.9	8.8	15.07	15.24
North Yorkshire	2.2	2.6	5.38	6.52	5.5	6.0	11.93	11.84
Northamptonshire	2.4	3.0	6.49	7.93	6.0	6.6	14.36	14.15
Northumberland	2.8	3.3	5.81	6.71	7.2	8.0	13.16	13.16
Nottingham	1.2	1.3	3.70	4.44	5.9	6.4	13.41	13.14
North West Lancashire	3.8	4.8	5.70	7.24	7.6	8.6	13.25	13.36
Oxfordshire	2.3	2.8	7.15	8.76	5.9	6.6	14.18	14.01
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	2.9	3.7	9.81	12.49	4.4	4.7	16.20	16.31
Rotherham	3.2	4.2	6.00	7.81	7.8	8.7	14.69	14.47
Southampton and South West Hampshire	3.1	3.8	7.61	8.96	7.7	8.7	14.44	14.61
Salford and Trafford	3.5	4.3	5.26	6.51	7.9	8.6	13.23	12.95
Sandwell	2.5	2.9	6.60	7.73	5.9	6.6	14.55	14.90
Sefton	4.5	5.5	6.93	8.52	7.6	8.4	13.81	13.90

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The net integrated cost per head of population and the average net ingredient cost per prescription item for tranquillisers and antidepressants dispensed in the community in England by health authority, 2000 and 2001
	Tranquillisers	Antidepressants
	Net ingredient cost per head of population	Average net ingredient cost per prescription item	Net ingredient cost per head of population	Average net ingredient cost per prescription item
Health authority in which items were dispensed	2000	2001	2000	2001	2000	2001	2000	2001
Sheffield	2.2	2.6	4.82	5.84	7.0	7.4	13.33	12.73
Shropshire	2.6	3.1	6.86	8.09	6.3	7.1	15.90	16.04
Solihull	2.1	2.6	5.92	7.40	6.1	7.0	16.10	16.56
Somerset	2.3	2.8	4.94	5.79	5.8	6.4	13.19	12.91
South and West Devon	3.4	4.2	6.18	7.49	6.4	7.1	13.34	13.51
South Cheshire	2.9	3.6	6.14	7.61	7.2	8.1	14.98	15.18
South Essex	2.3	3.0	6.11	7.92	5.5	6.0	15.11	14.79
South Humber	2.6	3.3	4.47	5.64	5.3	6.0	12.27	12.18
South Lancashire	2.6	3.2	5.57	6.86	6.0	6.8	13.26	13.61
South Staffordshire	2.0	2.4	5.40	6.55	5.6	6.1	14.53	14.20
Southern Derbyshire	1.9	2.5	5.15	7.03	6.0	6.4	14.72	14.34
St. Helens and Knowsley	3.7	4.8	5.59	7.33	7.3	8.4	12.48	12.93
Stockport	3.3	3.9	4.83	5.99	8.2	8.8	12.88	12.78
Suffolk	2.2	2.9	5.29	6.77	7.9	8.7	14.81	14.70
Sunderland	2.7	3.3	6.08	7.76	7.6	8.6	14.94	15.37
Tees	3.3	4.1	5.57	6.85	7.6	8.6	14.51	14.64
Wakefield	3.1	3.8	6.05	7.36	6.5	7.2	11.85	11.87
Walsall	3.2	4.0	6.73	8.81	5.5	6.0	13.93	14.20
Warwickshire	2.5	3.1	6.33	7.58	5.4	6.0	14.53	14.08
West Kent	2.5	3.1	6.25	7.83	5.6	6.3	14.66	14.73
West Pennine	2.7	3.2	4.42	5.33	5.7	6.2	12.65	12.47
West Surrey	2.4	3.0	6.44	7.89	5.8	6.3	16.50	16.49
West Sussex	2.7	3.2	5.92	7.06	6.6	7.3	14.99	15.21
Wigan and Bolton	2.8	3.6	4.82	6.15	6.7	7.6	13.04	13.39
Wiltshire	2.3	2.9	5.91	7.31	6.3	6.9	13.81	13.66
Wirral	4.0	4.8	5.51	6.65	7.9	8.6	12.25	12.01
Wolverhampton	3.1	3.6	7.93	9.07	5.1	5.7	13.76	13.66
Worcestershire	1.8	2.5	5.29	7.04	5.8	6.5	13.81	13.97
England	2.8	3.4	6.20	7.60	6.2	6.8	14.89	14.04

Notes:

1. Tranquillisers are defined as those drugs within the British National Formulary (BNF) sections 4.1, hypnotics and anxiolytics, and 4.2 drugs used in psychoses and related disorders. Antidepressant drugs are those within the BNF section 4.3

2. The data are from the Prescripti n Cost Analysis system and cover all prescriptions dispensed by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors in England. The system covers prescriptions originating from general practices and also those written by nurses

3. The net ingredient cost refers to the cost of the drug before discounts and does not include any dispensing costs or fees. It does not include any adjustment for income obtained where a prescription charge is paid at the time the prescription is dispensed

4. ONS mid-year population projections have been used