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Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 28 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 December 2002. It was answered by David Lammy (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 December 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were issued for anti-malarial drugs in the UK in 2001; and how many were NHS prescriptions. - Inc figures for England.
Answer

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were issued for anti-malarial drugs in the UK in 2001; and how many were NHS prescriptions. [85154] Mr. Lammy: In 2001, 2,419,400 national health service prescriptions for anti-malarial drugs were dispensed in the community in England. We do not hold information on hospital or private prescriptions, or for the other United Kingdom administrations.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
85154; 395 c910-1W;395 c908-9W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Private sector NHS Prescription drugs Prescriptions Malaria
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk