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Written question asked by Alex Sobel (Labour) on Thursday, 24 May 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 June 2018. It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 June 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Pain: Women

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were prescribed GnRH analogue treatment by the NHS in each of the last five years.

Answer

The following table provided by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA), shows the number of people prescribed GnRH analogue treatment by the National Health Service in England in a primary care setting. Figures are provided for the last three years as patient information for prescribing is only available from April 2015 onwards.

Number of patients receiving prescriptions for drugs identified as "GnRH Analogue Treatment

Financial Year

Number of identified patients

Proportion of prescription items where the patient could be identified

April 2015 - March 2016

128,524

94.88%

April 2016 - March 2017

130,238

95.75%

April 2017 - March 2018

131,178

96.33%

Note:

Care should be taken when interpreting the patient counts as some patients could appear in the results for multiple time periods. Therefore, the patient numbers should not be combined and reported at any other levels than as provided in the dataset.

NHS numbers are not captured for every prescription and hence the NHS BSA has included the number of patients who could be identified along with the proportion of applicable prescription items for which the patient data could be identified.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
147966
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Women NHS Medical treatments Pain
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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