Data on net ingredient cost and number of items prescribed by GPs and dispensed in the community for April 2018 to March 2019.
This is not the latest release in the series: Primary care prescriptions
Main points
- 80.1 million items were prescribed by GPs in Wales and dispensed during 2018-19, up from 79.9 million (0.3%) in the previous year.
- The number of items prescribed per head (registered with a GP) in 2018-19 was 25.5, up from 24.9 in 2017-18.
Note
This new report combines two previous reports ‘Prescriptions by GPs’ and ‘Prescriptions dispensed in the community’ to provide a more coherent analysis of prescriptions in Wales.
Reports
Prescriptions in Wales: April 2018 to March 2019 , file type: PDF, file size: 1 MB
Data
Datasets and interactive tools
Prescriptions: individual preparations, 2001-02 onwards: tables , file type: ODS, file size: 13 MB
Prescriptions: summary data, 2001-02 onwards: tables , file type: ODS, file size: 3 MB
Contact
Craig Thomas
Telephone: 0300 025 1646
Email: stats.healthinfo@gov.wales
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Media
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