NHS Prescriptions
Health
Written answers and statements, 17 March 2005
Mr Peter Bradley (PPS (Rt Hon Alun Michael, Minister of State), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Wrekin, The, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost per item prescribed was of prescriptions issued by (a) dispensing and (b) non-dispensing general practitioners in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
Ms Rosie Winterton (Minister of State, Department of Health; Doncaster Central, Labour)
holding answer
The average net ingredient cost per item of prescriptions issued by dispensing and non-dispensing doctors that were dispensed in the community in England in each year since 1998, is shown in the table.
| Dispensing doctors | Non-dispensing doctors | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9.19 | 9.19 |
| 1999 | 9.91 | 10.04 |
| 2000 | 9.96 | 10.18 |
| 2001 | 10.24 | 10.46 |
| 2002 | 10.76 | 11.14 |
| 2003 | 11.09 | 11.60 |
Note:
Data for 1997 is unavailable.