Growth in Prescription Volume and Cost Reports

The following reports were prepared for the Management Team of the Prescription Pricing Division. They explore year on year changes in the national trends in prescription volume and cost to identify the main drivers for growth in volume and cost. All data are from Prescribing Information and therefore only include prescribing by general practitioners and nurse prescribers in England. Volumes and cost from Prescribing Information data differ slightly from the Prescription Cost Analysis statistics that are published by the Statistics Division, Department of Health. The latter also include prescriptions from dentists (FP10D) and hospitals (FP10HP) and they are based on prescriptions dispensed in England.

The reports are intended for internal use in the NHSBSA but may be of interest to a wider audience in the NHS and therefore we are making it available on the website.

The following table shows the different reports and their release date:

Name	Released
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To March 2008	September 2008
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To December 2007	July 2008
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To September 2007	December 2007
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To June 2007	September 2007
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To March 2007	June 2007
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To December 2006	March 2007
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To September 2006	December 2006
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To June 2006	September 2006
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To March 2006	June 2006
Update On Growth In Prescription Volume And Cost Year To December 2005	March 2006

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