Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the average price paid by the NHS for prescription drugs in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
The average net ingredient cost of prescription items dispensed in the community in England is in the table: Information for medicines supplied in secondary care is not available.
|
Year |
Average net ingredient cost |
|
2005 |
11.02 |
|
2006 |
10.90 |
|
2007 |
10.51 |
|
2008 |
9.88 |
|
2009 |
9.64 |
|
2010 |
9.53 |
|
2011 |
9.16 |
|
2012 |
8.52 |
|
2013 |
8.37 |
|
2014 |
8.32 |
|
2015 |
8.55 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis data provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre
