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Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community 2019-2020

Official statistics

Publication Date:
12 Nov 2020
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Regions, Country, Strategic Health Authorities
Date Range:
01 Apr 2014 to 31 Mar 2020

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Cost at list price of medicines was £20.9 billion in 2019/20

This is an increase of 9.9% from £19.0 billion in 2018/19

Cost at list price does not include discounts and is not necessarily the price the NHS paid

Total estimated cost at list price
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Hospital use accounted for 55.9% of the total cost at list price in 2019/20

This is a value of £11.7 billion, and has increased from £10.2 billion in 2018/19, when hospital use accounted for 53.9% of the total cost at list price

Cost at list price does not include discounts and is not necessarily the price the NHS paid

Proportion of estimated cost at list price
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In 2019/20, the total hospital cost at list price increased by 14.0% on the previous year

This is in contrast to an increase of 5.2% in cost at list price for primary care

Cost at list price does not include discounts and is not necessarily the price the NHS paid

Annual growth rate of estimated cost at list price in comparison to the previous year
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