MUR Statistics

Latest NHS Prescription Services figures of MURs conducted published are detailed below. These figures relate to England only:

Month	Number	Value (£)
April 2009	121,181	3,393,075
May 2009	123,564	3,459,799
June 2009	149,126	4,175,523
July 2009	133,826	3,747,115
August 2009	123,941	3,470,337
September 2009	139,488	3,905,644
October 2009	145,967	4,087,063
November 2009	145,906	4,085,376
December 2009	122,440	3,428,320
January 2010	150,111	4,203,108
February 2010	174,464	4,885,005
March 2010	173,766	4,865,448
TOTAL	1,703,780	47,705,833

Month	Number	Value (£)
April 2010	148,630	4,161,634
May 2010	158,401	4,435,236
June 2010
July 2010
August 2010
September 2010
October 2010
November 2010
December 2010
January 2011
February 2011
March 2011
TOTAL	307,031	8,596,870

Number of pharmacies in England that claimed MUR payments from the NHS Prescription Services:

Month	Number of Pharmacies
April 2009	6,698
May 2009	6,754
June 2009	6,951
July 2009	6,841
August 2009	6,773
September 2009	6,989
October 2009	7,075
November 2009	7,094
December 2009	6,576
January 2010	6,975
February 2010	7,214
March 2010	7,059
April 2010	7,429
May 2010	7,558

PSNC collates the number of pharmacists who successfully completed competency assessment for MURs from the main HEIs, on a monthly basis:

Month	Number of Pharmacists Accredited
April 2010	23,342
May 2010	23,416
June 2010
July 2010
August 2010
September 2010
October 2010
November 2010
December 2010
January 2011
February 2011
March 2011

PSNC have collated the average number of MURs conducted per pharmacy claiming MUR payment and the average number of MURs conducted per pharmacy in England. These figures are based on NHS Prescription Services data.

Month	MUR/Claiming Pharmacy*	MUR/Pharmacy^
April 2009	18.16	11.62
May 2009	18.31	11.81
June 2009	21.46	14.20
July 2009	19.56	12.71
August 2009	18.38	11.82
September 2009	20.01	13.24
October 2009	20.65	13.81
November 2009	20.61	13.80
December 2009	18.69	11.56
January 2010	21.63	14.21
February 2010	24.19	16.41
March 2010	24.75	16.40

Month	MUR/Claiming Pharmacy*	MUR/Pharmacy^
April 2010	20.13	14.02
May 2010	21.06	14.90
June 2010
July 2010
August 2010
September 2010
October 2010
November 2010
December 2010
January 2011
February 2011
March 2011

*Number of MURs per pharmacy claiming MUR payments
^Number of MURs per pharmacy in England

Breakdown of MURs by LPC/PCT area

NHS Prescription Services figures of MURs conducted in each PCT area are collated into LPC areas in the document(s) below.

MUR LPC Breakdown (May 2010) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (April 2010) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (March 2010) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (February 2010) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (January 2010) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (December 2009) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (November 2009) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (October 2009) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (September 2009) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (August 2009) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (July 2009) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (June 2009) (PDF Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (2009/10) (Excel Format)

MUR LPC Breakdown (2010/11) (Excel Format)

MUR Statistics by LPC from April 2005 are available in the NHS Prescription Statistics Archive.

Click here to view the NHS Statistics page.

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