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Prescription Drugs

Commons · Question 31498 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Feb 2025

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Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions were issued for each drug categorised under the (a) (i) clonazepam and (ii) other benzodiazepines, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants, (d) opioids, (e) pregabalin and (f) gabap

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 24 Feb 2025

The following table shows the number of items dispensed and claimed for reimbursement for each of the categories requested, covering the most recently published 12-month period and the 12 months prior:Drug groupFinancial yearTotal number of itemsClonazepa...