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HoC Answers - 14.11.08

General Practitioners: Pharmacy

Miss McIntosh (Conservative, Vale of York)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many prescription items have been dispensed by dispensing doctors in (a) Vale of York constituency and (b) England in the last three years;

Miss McIntosh

(2) how many prescription items have been dispensed in the community by community pharmacists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors in (a) Vale of York constituency and (b) England in the last three years.

Dawn Primarolo (Minister of State for Public Health)

The number of prescription items that have been dispensed in the community by community pharmacists, appliance contractors and by dispensing doctors is available for primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The figures are based on a one in 20 sample of prescriptions. It is not possible to separate the figures for community pharmacists and appliance contractors so the combined figure is given in each case. The figures provided are for the PCT which is the closest match to the Vale of York, namely North Yorkshire and York PCT.

Number of prescription items dispensed in the community in England by dispenser type in calendar years from 2005 to 2007^{( 1)}
Thousand
Region	Dispenser type	2005	2006	2007
England	Community Pharmacists and Appliance Contractors	651,536.6	682,407.0	722,937.9
	Dispensing Doctors	49,328.9	52,493.6	55,917.7
	Total⁽¹⁾	700,865.5	734,900.6	778,855.6

North Yorkshire and York PCT	Community Pharmacists and Appliance Contractors	8,388.4	8,650.8	9,108.7
	Dispensing Doctors	2,553.0	2,670.4	2,820.8
	Total⁽¹⁾	10,941.4	11,321.2	11,929.5
⁽¹⁾ Personally administered items are excluded from this analysis. Source: PCA data.

Posted 14 November 2008

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