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Publication, Part of Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis
Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis - England, October - December 2011
Official statistics- Publication Date:
- 25 Apr 2012
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- Country
- Date Range:
- 01 Oct 2011 to 31 Dec 2011
Summary
Please note: in November 2011 NHS Prescription Services began publishing PCA data on a monthly basis. As a result, we are ceasing our quarterly PCA releases. This is our final publication.
Go to monthly PCA data from NHS Prescription Services
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Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the number of items and the net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England. The drugs dispensed are listed by British National Formulary (BNF) therapeutic class. This is the fourth quarterly publication and covers Quarter 4 (October to December) 2011.
The files give the number of prescription items dispensed for individual preparations, dressings or appliances exactly, for all preparations.
Highlights
252 million items were dispensed
These items had a combined net ingredient cost of £2,225 million
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Last edited: 21 November 2018 4:07 pm