Analgesics: Prescriptions
Commons · Question 28925 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of recent trends in the number of people prescribed pain medication in the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Feb 2025
The Prescription Cost Analysis data release gives items and quantities of each medicine dispensed in the community in England. The following table shows the total number of items dispensed for analgesics in England, regardless of where prescribed, as well...