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Request Refernce:  305192   
Request Date:  10 Jan 2006
MAKE A REQUEST FOR THE NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTION ITEMS FOR ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS PRESCRIBED IN ENGLAND, SPECIFICALLY SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SSRI) AND SELECTIVE NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SNRI) AS WELL AS ANY OTHER TYPES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS. I WOULD LIKE THE INFORMATION TO COVER THE AMOUNT OF PRESCRIBING FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHERE THE FIGURES FOR EACH YEAR ARE GIVEN SEPARATELY. I WOULD LIKE THESE TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO FIGURES FOR PRIMARY CARE TRUSTS, OR COUNTIES, WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE, RATHER THAN AN OVERALL NATIONAL FIGURE. THIS WOULD PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE LAREGEST OR SMALLEST NUMBERS OF ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS ARE BEING PRESCRIBED.

Status: Complete

Response Date:  26 Jan 2006

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the Authority. Under the act I have a duty to advise and assist you and with regard to that duty may I draw your attention to the fact that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not require public authorities to manipulate data to satisfy a request for information.




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