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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-09-01more like thismore than 2023-09-01
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 137239 on Prescription Drugs, what information his Department holds on the number of unique patients who have been prescribed drugs categorised under the drug groups (a) benzodiazepines including clonazepam, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants and (d) opioids in the each of the last two years. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 196444 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-09-15more like thismore than 2023-09-15
answer text <p>The methodologies used by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for calculating these statistics have changed since January 2021. Therefore, the below tables include data for each of the last five financial years to address the additional two-year datasets requested as well as reflect the new methodologies used.</p><p>The following table shows the number of unique patients who were prescribed benzodiazepines including clonazepam in each financial year 2018/2019 to 2022/2023:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of unique identified patients - benzodiazepines including clonazepam</p></td><td><p>Percentage (%) of items where the patient has been identified</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>1,545,014</p></td><td><p>95.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>1,497,077</p></td><td><p>95.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>1,368,092</p></td><td><p>97.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>1,339,417</p></td><td><p>97.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023</p></td><td><p>1,324,792</p></td><td><p>97.21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of unique patients who were prescribed Z-Drugs in each financial year from 2018/2019 to 2021/2022:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of unique identified patients – Z-Drugs</p></td><td><p>Percentage (%) of items where the patient has been identified</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>945,510</p></td><td><p>96.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>897,451</p></td><td><p>96.94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>876,746</p></td><td><p>98.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>825,382</p></td><td><p>98.12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of unique patients who were prescribed an antidepressant in each financial year from 2018/2019 to 2022/2023:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of unique identified patients – Antidepressants</p></td><td><p>Percentage (%) of items where the patient has been identified</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>7,590,802</p></td><td><p>97.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>7,856,297</p></td><td><p>98.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>7,909,516</p></td><td><p>99.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>8,359,838</p></td><td><p>99.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023</p></td><td><p>8,563,148</p></td><td><p>99.16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of unique patients who were prescribed opioids from financial year 2018/2019 to 2021/2022:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of unique identified patients - Opioids (includes compound analgesics)</p></td><td><p>Percentage (%) of items where the patient has been identified</p></td><td><p>Total number of unique identified patients - Opioid Analgesics (excludes compound analgesics)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>5,935,454</p></td><td><p>96.65</p></td><td><p>3,036,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>5,730,095</p></td><td><p>96.94</p></td><td><p>2,971,092</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>5,525,899</p></td><td><p>98.05</p></td><td><p>2,883,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>5,589,348</p></td><td><p>98.12</p></td><td><p>2,927,983</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: Our reply to the previous question predated the official statistics used here, and used a different classification of opioids using the standard classification used in the NHSBSA Data Warehouse. Comparable data is shown in the final column of the above table; this counts patients without including any prescriptions for compound analgesics such as co-codamol and co-dydramol.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All figures included above are correct as of 5 September 2023 and could be subject to revision once audited reports are published.</p>
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-09-15T11:41:53.15Zmore like thismore than 2023-09-15T11:41:53.15Z
answering member
4423
label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1585237
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-08more like thismore than 2023-02-08
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 2 August 2022 to Question 39893 on Prescription Drugs: Addictions, if his Department will issue guidance for patients on tapering the dosage of prescription medicines to reduce the likelihood of an adverse event or withdrawal symptoms. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 142742 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-02-20more like thismore than 2023-02-20
answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults includes information for both health professionals and patients on the safe withdrawal from medicines. The Department has no plans to issue separate guidance for patients.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Harborough more like this
answering member printed Neil O'Brien more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-02-20T10:24:04.597Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-20T10:24:04.597Z
answering member
4679
label Biography information for Neil O'Brien more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1585238
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-08more like thismore than 2023-02-08
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether consideration was given to including guidance on (a) withdrawal from prescription drugs and (b) support for those withdrawing from prescription drugs in the (i) Structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation: guidance, published on 17 September 2020 and (ii) Good for you, good for us, good for everybody - A plan to reduce overprescribing to make patient care better and safer, support the NHS, and reduce carbon emissions, published on 22 September 2021. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 142743 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-02-20more like thismore than 2023-02-20
answer text <p>The Structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation guidance sets out implementation guidance for primary care networks (PCNs), including the principles of undertaking a structured medication review (SMR). The guidance provides approaches for health professionals to take when reviewing patients with complex and problematic polypharmacy, specifically those on 10 or more medications. This is not clinical guidance so does not provide detailed information about how medicines are to be withdrawn or stopped.</p><p>Any decision to withdraw a medicine would be carried out on an individual basis based on the patient’s individual clinical conditions, the medicines they are taking and their own values and preferences following a shared conversation between the patient and the prescriber.</p><p>In December 2018 the Government commissioned Dr Keith Ridge, the then Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, to lead a review into the use of medication and overprescribing, the outcome of this was published as ‘Good for you, good for us, good for everybody’. Some of the recommendations in the report are relevant to withdrawal from prescription drugs, including the expansion of Structured Medication Reviews across the National Health Service but do not specifically outline a recommendation to provide guidance on withdrawing prescription medicines.</p>
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-02-20T10:20:26.397Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-20T10:20:26.397Z
answering member
4423
label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1584895
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-07more like thismore than 2023-02-07
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions were issued for each drug categorised under the drug groups (a) clonazepam and other benzodiazepines, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants and (d) opioids in the (i) last 12 months and (ii) the previous 12 month period for which data is available. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 141482 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-02-13more like thismore than 2023-02-13
answer text <p>The table below provided by the NHS Business Services Authority, shows the number of prescription items that were prescribed in England for (a) benzodiazepines including clonazepam, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants and (d) opioids in the latest two full 12-month periods of available data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Period (12 months aggregated)</p></td><td><p>Benzodiazepines including clonazepam</p></td><td><p>Z-drugs</p></td><td><p>Antidepressants</p></td><td><p>Opioid analgesics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2020 to November 2021</p></td><td><p>8,593,825</p></td><td><p>5,562,221</p></td><td><p>82,324,938</p></td><td><p>23,014,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021 to November 2022</p></td><td><p>8,355,533</p></td><td><p>5,369,261</p></td><td><p>85,476,704</p></td><td><p>22,969,564</p></td></tr></tbody></table> more like this
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-02-13T17:20:15.04Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-13T17:20:15.04Z
answering member
4423
label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1379333
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-11-17more like thismore than 2021-11-17
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions were issued for each drug categorised under the drug groups (a) benzodiazepines including clonazepam, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants and (d) opioids in the (i) last 12 months for which figures are available and (ii) most recent comparative 12 month period prior to the last 12 month period for which those figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 76728 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-11-23more like thismore than 2021-11-23
answer text <p>The following table shows the number of items prescribed in England for benzodiazepines including clonazepam, z-drugs, antidepressants and opioids in the latest two full years of available data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Benzodiazepines including clonazepam</p></td><td><p>Z-drugs</p></td><td><p>Antidepressants</p></td><td><p>Opioid analgesics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019 to September 2020</p></td><td><p>8,968,513</p></td><td><p>5,714,149</p></td><td><p>77,747,592</p></td><td><p>23,296,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2020 to September 2021</p></td><td><p>8,659,089</p></td><td><p>5,603,196</p></td><td><p>81,908,280</p></td><td><p>23,083,291</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> more like this
answering member constituency Charnwood more like this
answering member printed Edward Argar more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-11-23T14:22:29.753Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-23T14:22:29.753Z
answering member
4362
label Biography information for Edward Argar more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1276694
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-01-14more like thismore than 2021-01-14
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2021 to Question 133917 on Prescription Drugs, what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Public Health England review entitled Dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines; and what his timescale is for publishing a report on progress on implementing those recommendations. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 137969 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-01-27more like thismore than 2021-01-27
answer text <p>An oversight group has been established by NHS England and NHS Improvement to oversee the recommendations of the Public Health England Review on prescribed medicines.</p><p>The group is focusing on the implementation of the recommendations, ensuring alignment with other relevant programmes already underway in the National Health Service and overseeing any new policy initiatives being taken forward in in response to the review.</p><p>This work is a priority and implementation of the recommendations is being taken forward as quickly as possible, taking into account other pressures on healthcare professionals and the NHS. With progress having been initially delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, an update on the programme is expected later this year or early in 2022.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-01-27T14:09:17.01Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-27T14:09:17.01Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1276363
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-01-13more like thismore than 2021-01-13
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the national review of overprescribing in the NHS led by Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Dr Keith Ridge will be published. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 137235 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-01-27more like thismore than 2021-01-27
answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care asked Dr Keith Ridge, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, to lead a review of overprescribing in December 2018. The work was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic because the majority of the participants have National Health Service clinical roles but has now resumed. The report will be finalised in the coming weeks.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-01-27T13:48:53.223Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-27T13:48:53.223Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1276367
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-01-13more like thismore than 2021-01-13
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2021 to Question 133917 on Prescription Drugs, if he will provide an explanation of the meaning of the phrase to optimise prescribing of dependence forming medicines provided in that Answer. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 137236 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-01-27more like thismore than 2021-01-27
answer text <p>Phase two of Dame Carol Black’s review covering treatment services will be published later this year and will be made available to the National Oversight Group overseeing the National Health Service’s implementation of recommendations from Public Health England’s prescribed medicines review alongside other relevant materials.</p><p>Medicines optimisation is defined in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidelines as ‘a person-centred approach to safe and effective medicines use, to ensure people obtain the best possible outcomes from their medicines’. This includes prescription of medicines which may give rise to dependency when these are clinically justified.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
grouped question UIN 137237 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-01-27T14:04:30.403Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-27T14:04:30.403Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1276370
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-01-13more like thismore than 2021-01-13
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions were issued for each drug categorised under the drug groups (a) benzodiazepines including clonazepam, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants and (d) opioids in the (i) last 12 months for which figures are available and (ii) most recent comparative 12 month period prior to the last 12 months period for which those figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 137238 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-02-01more like thismore than 2021-02-01
answer text <p>The following table shows the number of items that were prescribed in England for benzodiazepines including clonazepam, z-drugs, antidepressants and opioids in the latest two full years of available data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Period (12 months aggregated)</p></td><td><p>Benzodiazepines including clonazepam</p></td><td><p>Z-drugs</p></td><td><p>Antidepressants</p></td><td><p>Opioid analgesics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018 to October 2019</p></td><td><p>9,184,594</p></td><td><p>5,840,375</p></td><td><p>74,211,675</p></td><td><p>23,398,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019 to October 2020</p></td><td><p>8,925,206</p></td><td><p>5,694,737</p></td><td><p>77,973,765</p></td><td><p>23,255,294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:</p><p>NHS Business Service Authority Information Services ePACT2 system.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-02-01T15:21:50.407Zmore like thismore than 2021-02-01T15:21:50.407Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this
1276371
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-01-13more like thismore than 2021-01-13
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Prescription Drugs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of unique patients who have been prescribed drugs categorised under the drug groups (a) benzodiazepines including clonazepam, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants and (d) opioids in the each of the last three years. more like this
tabling member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood more like this
tabling member printed
Cat Smith remove filter
uin 137239 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-01-27more like thismore than 2021-01-27
answer text <p>The following table shows the number of unique patients that were prescribed for benzodiazepines including clonazepam, z-drugs, antidepressants and opioids on a National Health Service prescription and dispensed in the community in England in each of the last three calendar years. Data up to and including October 2020 is the latest available data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Drug Grouping</p></td><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of unique identified patients</p></td><td><p>Percentage (%) of items where the patient has been identified</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Benzodiazepines (including clonazepam)</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,559,025</p></td><td><p>95.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,513,747</p></td><td><p>95.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 to October</p></td><td><p>1,254,238</p></td><td><p>96.86</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Z-drugs</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>967,510</p></td><td><p>96.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>925,384</p></td><td><p>97.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 to October</p></td><td><p>794,626</p></td><td><p>98.01</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Antidepressants</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>7,513,214</p></td><td><p>97.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7,800,136</p></td><td><p>98.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 to October</p></td><td><p>7,473,047</p></td><td><p>98.88</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Opioid analgesics</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3,057,077</p></td><td><p>95.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2,998,104</p></td><td><p>96.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 to October</p></td><td><p>2,661,874</p></td><td><p>98.30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p>NHS Business Services Authority Information Services ePACT2 system.</p>
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-01-27T14:07:12.4Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-27T14:07:12.4Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4436
label Biography information for Cat Smith more like this