United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 28925
Analgesics: Prescriptions
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5 February 2025
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13 February 2025 · Answer
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Summary
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.
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5 February 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
13 February 2025
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-05/28925
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1762276
- uk · wq-1762276 · source updated 13 February 2025