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Methadone

Answer

This information is not collected in the format requested. However, figures for London primary care trusts (PCTs) from 2001 to 2004, which are the latest available, are shown in the tables. These figures are not comparable as there have been changes to PCT configurations during this period. There were also small amounts of prescribing which could not be allocated to a specific PCT.Methadone can be prescribed for suppressing a cough, usually in terminal disease, for analgesia and for treating substance dependence. Figures for each of these are also shown in the tables.

2001—Net ingredient cost £
	Cough suppressant	Analgesia	Substance dependence	Grand total
Prescriber name	0309010S0	0407020M0	0410000M0
PCT
Barking and Dagenham	5.22	21,077.58	23,656.19	44,738.99
Barnet	20.97	12,052.70	9,843.57	21,917.24
Bexley	17.78	261.57	1,698.34	1,977.69
Brent Teaching	8.32	115,306.10	59,174.86	174,489.28
Bromley	0	5,206.46	1,226.03	6,432.49
Camden	14.7	6,897.06	37,495.96	44,407.72
Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford	0	1,987.98	1,161.72	3,149.70
City and Hackney Teaching	1.04	1,522.58	32,404.59	33,928.21
Croydon	40.73	1,354.88	2,520.08	3,915.69
Ealing	12.59	4,628.05	8,069.92	12,710.56
Enfield	13.64	3,570.60	2,723.57	6,307.81
Greenwich Teaching	5.25	2,505.40	16,132.86	18,643.51
Hammersmith and Fulham	0	34,522.81	29,725.94	64,248.75
Haringey	7.98	2,085.02	12,941.50	15,034.50
Harrow	6.76	9,848.99	20,089.90	29,945.65
Havering	2.08	1,947.00	12,481.10	14,430.18
Hillingdon	12.03	696.57	656.40	1,365.00
Hounslow	0	60.75	3,042.44	3,103.19
Islington	4.65	6,266.5	36,803.36	43,074.51
Kensington and Chelsea	7.01	8,770.65	20,765.94	29,543.60
Kingston	0	1,922.64	11,274.57	13,197.21
Lambeth	0	7,760.51	79,688.02	87,448.53
Lewisham	14.56	3,268.66	36,734.12	40,017.34
Newham	0	566.42	24,741 .97	25,308.39
Redbridge	16.69	1,235.79	1,326.23	2,578.71
Richmond and Twickenham	0	409.22	6,697.05	7,106.27
Southwark	21.13	8,147.70	20,995.84	29,164.67
Sutton and Merton	13.64	5,494.06	872.02	6,379.72
Tower Hamlets	11.07	8,339.35	55,558.90	63,909.32
Waltham, Leyton and Leytonstone	5.2	359.87	1,931.86	2,296.93
Wandsworth	14.61	7,293.75	3,226.66	10,535.02
Westminster	10.61	17,171.61	57,972.13	75,154.35

2002—Net ingredient cost £
	Cough suppressant	Analgesia	Substance dependence	Grand total
Prescriber name	0309010S0	0407020M0	0410000M0
PCT
Barking and Dagenham	0	20,884.24	25,922.01	46,806.25
Barnet	0	11,352.63	8,811.65	20,164.28
Bexley	2.1	320.54	1,897.8	2,220.44
Brent Teaching	20.53	102,668.83	63,723.71	166,413.07
Bromley	5.25	5,510.69	1,674.09	7,190.03
Camden	10.63	6,788.7	35,077.44	41,876.77
Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford	0	2,679.95	1,119.77	3,799.72
City and Hackney Teaching	16.31	1,654.66	38,669.2	40,340.17
Croydon	43.15	1,255.14	2,450.35	3,748.64
Ealing	1.05	2,891.94	9,039.39	11,932.38
Enfield	21.03	4,183.25	2,080.29	6,284.57
Greenwich Teaching	6.3	3,462.67	14,344.62	17,813.59
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.05	13,074.42	24,237.82	37,313.29
Haringey	0	1,702.93	13,462.53	15,165.46
Harrow	0	10,728.04	19,812.41	30,540.45
Havering	0	1,458.89	12,698.78	14,157.67
Hillingdon	22.62	572.21	236.22	831.05
Hounslow	2.11	35.47	3,458.3	3,495.88
Islington	14.72	5,073.73	40,688.79	45,777.24
Kensington and Chelsea	0	6,458.5	15,582.88	22,041.38
Kingston	6.32	1,069.61	9,280.85	10,356.78
Lambeth	38.96	6,036.64	83,013.53	89,089.13
Lewisham	5.8	495.74	33,407.54	33,909.08
Newham	0	532.74	24,680.67	25,213.41
Redbridge	10.52	1,236.67	1,186.1	2,433.29
Richmond and Twickenham	7.36	974.05	6,650.53	7,631.94
Southwark	14.71	7,121.64	18,270.64	25,406.99
Sutton and Merton	7.89	6,758.15	896.82	7,662.86
Tower Hamlets	1.05	4,654.57	57,214.34	61,869.96
Waltham, Leyton and Leytonstone	0	484.98	911.11	1,396.09
Wandsworth	27.4	7,473.66	2,642.99	10,144.05
Westminster	4.21	21,500.18	76,190.57	97,694.96

2003—Net ingredient cost £
	Cough suppressant	Analgesia	Substance dependence	Grand total
Prescriber name	0309010S0	0407020M0	0410000M0
PCT
Barking and Dagenham	0	25,720.82	23,495.97	49,216.79
Barnet	71.66	10,961.75	9,515.63	20,549.04
Bexley	20.55	277.5	1,177.49	1,475.54
Bexley Care Trust	0	206.11	422.77	628.88
Brent Teaching	22.14	87,830.96	71,269.33	159,122.43
Bromley	8.42	3,211.79	1,438.17	4,658.38
Camden	2.1	5,200.14	29,783.38	34,985.62
Chingford, Wanstead and woodford	2.64	729.51	289.11	1,021.26
City and Hackney Teaching	0	1,424.91	38,069.73	39,494.64
Croydon	45.39	1,306.1	2,842.61	4,194.1
Ealing	1.58	2,031.15	9,558.08	11,590.81
Enfield	12.76	3,115.39	2,593.14	5,721.29
Greenwich Teaching	0	3,501.67	12,485.96	15,987.63
Hammersmith and Fulham	0	7,892.56	22,682.29	30,574.85
Haringey	5.27	1,399.4	12,471.04	13,875.71
Harrow	6.34	8,336.99	20,207.02	28,550.35
Havering	33.71	429.01	15,189.4	15,652.12
Hillingdon	10.54	467.6	620.3	1,098.44
Hounslow	0	47.3	2,814.36	2,861.66
Islington	27.38	4,584.73	44,434.43	49,046.54
Kensington and Chelsea	0	6,547.65	22,093.46	28,641.11
Kingston	0	364.47	8,507.23	8,871.7
Lambeth	57.32	6,001.38	94,585.87	100,644.57
Lewisham	3.16	708.94	31,251.76	31,963.86
Newham	2.11	770.24	22,433.84	23,206.19
Redbridge	8.43	1,618.67	1,414.34	3,041.44
Richmond and Twickenham	15.76	2,003.26	8,859.84	10,878.86
Southwark	8.02	7,758.46	19,802.77	27,569.25
Sutton and Merton	20.03	6,564.47	872.84	7,457.34
Tower Hamlets	5.27	4,077.15	62,874.97	66,957.39
Waltham Forest	1.05	568.67	1,315.16	1,884.88
Waltham, Leyton and Leytonstone	0	133.56	173.18	306.74
Wandsworth	8.43	7,563.94	5,140.56	12,712.93
Westminster	1.05	23,523.52	92,669.4	116,193.97
(33) In October 2003 Bexley PCT became Bexley Care Trust.
(34) In April 2003 the three PCTs, Redbridge, Waltham and Chingford, merged to form Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

2004—Net ingredient cost £
	Cough suppressant	Analgesia	Substance dependence	Grand total
Prescriber name	0309010S0	0407020M0	0410000M0
PCT
Barking and Dagenham	3.16	17,981.04	23,158.83	41,143.03
Barnet	0	8,482.06	11,926.26	20,408.32
Bexley Care Trust	23.1	249.26	978.84	1,251.2
Brent Teaching	8.42	123,041.96	74,523.11	197,573.49
Bromley	10.5	3,071.54	1,135.68	4,217.72
Camden	0	4,311.48	28,187.31	32,498.79
City and Hackney Teaching	0.53	2,057.32	47,714.69	49,772.54
Croydon	14.73	1,438.06	3,553.17	5,005.96
Ealing	3.16	2,187.05	15,216.96	17,407.17
Enfield	21.05	1,078.55	2,711.58	3,811.18
Greenwich Teaching	17.01	4,504.8	10,643.5	15,165.31
Hammersmith and Fulham	0	9,005.75	28,204	37,209.75
Haringey	0	1,474.85	11,634.02	13,108.87
Harrow	0	6,142.04	22,921.46	29,063.5
Havering	31.56	450.38	13,244.76	13,726.7
Hillingdon	0	811.18	2,188.7	2,999.88
Hounslow	5.27	30.51	9,647.03	9,682.81
Islington	19.99	4,446.8	45,748.24	50,215.03
Kensington and Chelsea	0	5,497.62	21,759.26	27,256.88
Kingston	10.54	332.64	7,903.64	8,246.82
Lambeth	6.31	6,883.66	92,719.24	99,609.21
Lewisham	0	956.32	28,919.21	29,875.53
Newham	0	1,006.19	20,405.26	21,411.45
Redbridge	35.84	1,627.32	1,288.38	2,951.54
Richmond and Twickenham	0	3,981.46	11,073.32	15,054.78
Southwark	11.55	6,864.83	24,955.85	31,832.23
Sutton and Merton	24.24	4,403.28	1,010.42	5,437.94
Tower Hamlets	12.63	4,446.28	64,619.93	69,078.84
Waltham Forest	0	322.36	1,503.11	1,825.47
Wandsworth	0	3,802.89	5,822.65	9,625.54
Westminster	0	21,403	102,886.17	124,289.17

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

18007; 437 c766-70W;437 c772-6W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Greater London Methadone