Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 28925

Analgesics: Prescriptions

Tabled: 5 February 2025

Answered: 13 February 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of recent trends in the number of people prescribed pain medication in the last 12 months.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Prescription Cost Analysis data release gives items and quantities of each medicine dispensed in the community in England. The following table shows the total number of items dispensed for analgesics in England, regardless of where prescribed, as well...

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