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<p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is
available is in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Antidepressant
prescription items dispensed in the community in 2006-07 by specific Primary Care
Trust (PCT)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Issuing organisation</p></td><td><p>Prescription
items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kent Coastal Teaching PCT</p></td><td><p>71.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern
& Coastal Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>218.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway PCT</p></td><td><p>131.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>55.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>200.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Antidepressant prescription items dispensed in the community in 2007-08 to
2012-13 by specific PCT</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Prescription
Items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Issuing organisation</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern
& Coastal Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>462.7</p></td><td><p>490.9</p></td><td><p>537.6</p></td><td><p>590.1</p></td><td><p>647.0</p></td><td><p>691.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway
PCT</p></td><td><p>142.6</p></td><td><p>152.1</p></td><td><p>173.5</p></td><td><p>199.2</p></td><td><p>222.0</p></td><td><p>243.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>426.7</p></td><td><p>460.7</p></td><td><p>509.2</p></td><td><p>558.3</p></td><td><p>613.3</p></td><td><p>651.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Antidepressant prescription items dispensed in the community in 2013/14 by
specific clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Issuing
organisation</p></td><td><p>Prescription items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford
CCG</p></td><td><p>107.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury And Coastal CCG</p></td><td><p>180.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford,
Gravesham And Swanley CCG</p></td><td><p>215.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway CCG</p></td><td><p>265.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Kent Coast CCG</p></td><td><p>181.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swale CCG</p></td><td><p>105.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet
CCG</p></td><td><p>161.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Kent CCG</p></td><td><p>483.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Data
on the number of prescription issued is not available. Data on the number of prescription
items dispensed in the community are available and have been provided.</li></ol><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="2" type="1"><li>We have defined Antidepressant medication
as per British National Formulary (BNF) section 4.3 Antidepressant Drugs.</li></ol><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="3" type="1"><li>There is no data available at constituency
level. Data is available at PCT and CCG.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="4"
type="1"><li>The structure of NHS organisations has changed several times within the
period requested and organisations may not be comparable within the years of change.
Data is only available from 2006-07 to 2013-14.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol
start="5" type="1"><li>This information was obtained from the Prescribing Analysis
and CosT tool (PACT) system, maintained by NHS Prescription Services, a division of
NHS Business Services Authority, which covers prescriptions prescribed by general
practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and others in England and dispensed in the community
in the United Kingdom. For data at PCT level, prescriptions written by a prescriber
located in a particular PCT but dispensed outside that PCT will be included in the
PCT in which the prescriber is based. The data available in PACT is a rolling 60 month
dataset. Prescriptions written in England but dispensed outside England are included.
Prescriptions written in hospitals /clinics that are dispensed in the community, prescriptions
dispensed in hospitals, dental prescribing and private prescriptions are not included
in PACT data. It is important to note this as some BNF sections have a high proportion
of prescriptions written in hospitals that are dispensed in the community. For example,
BNF chapter 4, "Central Nervous System" has a fair proportion of items written
in mental health clinics that are dispensed in the community - these prescriptions
are not included in PACT data.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="6" type="1"><li>Prescription
Items: Prescriptions are written on a prescription form known as a FP10. Each single
item written on the form is counted as a prescription item.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><ol start="7" type="1"><li>BNF Classifications: The PACT system uses the therapeutic
classifications defined in the BNF. Information on why a drug is prescribed is not
available in this dataset. Since drugs can be prescribed to treat more than one condition,
it may not be possible to separate the different conditions for which a drug may have
been prescribed.</li></ol><p> </p>
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