Prescribing Pricing Division
National Prescribing Monitoring Documenet
Statement No 07 October 2006
ENGLAND


This statement relates to prescriptions dispensed in October 2006.
WARNING: The figures shown on this report are for monitoring purposes only and do not reflect the actual charge to the cash limit.


Practice Prescribing

The total Actual Cost of Drugs and Appliances prescribed by General Practitioners and other Prescribers within ENGLAND by type of prescriber is:
 
Budget for Year
£
Monthly Spend
£
Cumul. Spend YTD
£
Actual Over/Under Spend For Year
£
Prescribing Only Practices

6,132,207,585

507,766,897
3,579,528,195
<6,181,612,677
Dispensing Practices 
1,160,097,050
98,848,283
693,596,724
1,198,181,404
Total Allocation
7,292,304,635
606,015,180
4,273,124,919
7,379,794,081


Community Nurse Prescribing Contracts (CNPC)

The total Actual Cost of Drugs and Appliances prescribed by nurses employed under a CNPC within ENGLAND
Budget for Year £
Monthly Spend £
Cumul. Spend YTD £
Expected Expenditure For Year £
0
40,824
271,623
0


Out of Hours Care FP10 Prescribing

The total Actual Cost of Drugs and Appliances prescribed by OOHC providers within ENGLAND
Monthly Spend £
Cumul. Spend YTD £
618,155
5,328,118


Dispensing Days

 
This Month
Year to Date
Current Year
26
178
Previous Year
25
179


OOHC budgets are held locally. The OOHC expenditure shown only relates to FP10 prescribing.

Figures in the annual amount column refer only to aggregated (PCT and above) practice budgets notified to the PPD by PCTs. The PPD does not hold records of local contingency funds..

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