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Written question asked by Laurence Robertson (Conservative) on Monday, 23 January 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 January 2017 (named day). It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 January 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS: Drugs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of drugs provided by the NHS has been in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England in the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Answer

The estimated cost of drugs in England, 2010/11 to 2015/16 is given in the table below. A combined and consistent time series is not available prior to 2010/11.

Due to changes to the National Health Service organisational structure, the lowest level of data available from 1 April 2013 is NHS Area Teams. These were superseded from 1 April 2015 by NHS England Regions. However data for 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 have been shown at the lower NHS Area Team Level for consistency. Regional level data prior to April 2013 are not available on a consistent basis. Data have been provided for the Bath, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Area Team.

Costs exclude any discounts that may have been negotiated, and exclude payments made by pharmaceutical companies as part of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme.

Financial Year

England

of which Bath, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Area Team

Total Cost (£ million)

Cost (£ million)

2010/11

13,000.6

2011/12

13,213.7

2012/13

13,396.5

2013/14

14,407.6

352.3

2014/15

15,541.0

381.6

2015/16

16,788.1

414.3

Source: ePACT; IMS HEALTH 2016: Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
61111
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Costs Drugs NHS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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