National Prescribing Monitoring Document
Statement No 12 March 2002 - England

This statement relates to prescriptions dispensed in March 2002. 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	4,357,706,900	400,335,974	4,670,518,131	312,811,231
Dispensing Practices	829,784,671	76,554,618	896,338,755	66,554,084
Total Allocation	5,187,491,571	476,890,592	5,566,856,886	379,365,314

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 £	Actual Over/Under Spend for Year £
12,586,999	1,467,215	17,964,775	5,377,776

Dispensing Days

	This Month	Year to Date
Current Year	25	303
Previous Year	27	305

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