Written question asked by Emma Hardy (Labour) on Monday, 8 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 January 2018 (named day). It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 January 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Phenytoin

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the public purse has been of (a) an individual prescription and (b) treating a patient with the drug Phenytoin in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The average Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) per prescription item for Phenytoin written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in England is set out below. Information is split by Phenytoin and Phenytoin Sodium with a figure provided for the total.

Prescription items and NIC per prescription item (£)

	Phenytoin		Phenytoin Sodium		Total
	Items	NIC per Item (£)	Items	NIC per Item (£)	Items	NIC per Item (£)
2012	39,117	15.76	970,031	21.52	1,009,148	21.30
2013	38,667	12.78	934,428	54.48	973,095	52.82
2014	36,017	12.90	894,176	48.76	930,193	47.38
2015	33,473	12.14	847,781	46.49	881,254	45.19
2016	31,360	12.16	800,820	45.19	832,180	43.94

Source: Prescription Cost Analysis

Information is not held centrally on the costs of treating a patient with phenytoin.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 121456
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Costs Medical treatments Prescriptions Phenytoin
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Phenytoin

Secondary information

Librarians' tools