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<p>The information requested is provided in the following tables by the NHS Business
Services Authority:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Number
of items</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month and Year</p></td><td><p>Antidepressants</p></td><td><p>Anxiolytics</p></td><td><p>Barbiturates
and Hypnotics</p></td><td><p>Antipsychotics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>6,242,966</p></td><td><p>559,541</p></td><td><p>738,497</p></td><td><p>1,059,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November
2018</p></td><td><p>6,105,746</p></td><td><p>538,508</p></td><td><p>715,005</p></td><td><p>1,030,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December
2018</p></td><td><p>6,043,242</p></td><td><p>527,892</p></td><td><p>704,835</p></td><td><p>1,022,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2019</p></td><td><p>6,279,989</p></td><td><p>547,545</p></td><td><p>743,385</p></td><td><p>1,052,933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February
2019</p></td><td><p>5,680,329</p></td><td><p>492,331</p></td><td><p>656,344</p></td><td><p>955,569</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2019</p></td><td><p>6,153,299</p></td><td><p>527,789</p></td><td><p>699,736</p></td><td><p>1,021,958</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Number of items</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month
and Year</p></td><td><p>Antidepressants</p></td><td><p>Anxiolytics</p></td><td><p>Barbiturates
and Hypnotics</p></td><td><p>Antipsychotics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>6,574,909</p></td><td><p>547,721</p></td><td><p>720,362</p></td><td><p>1,091,403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November
2019</p></td><td><p>6,324,255</p></td><td><p>515,711</p></td><td><p>683,198</p></td><td><p>1,045,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December
2019</p></td><td><p>6,428,992</p></td><td><p>525,749</p></td><td><p>698,338</p></td><td><p>1,067,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2020</p></td><td><p>6,701,671</p></td><td><p>539,735</p></td><td><p>733,003</p></td><td><p>1,098,917</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February
2020</p></td><td><p>6,097,134</p></td><td><p>490,517</p></td><td><p>653,315</p></td><td><p>997,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2020</p></td><td><p>6,828,732</p></td><td><p>529,601</p></td><td><p>704,071</p></td><td><p>1,080,136</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The data provided is for prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in
England only. The time periods covered are October 2019 – March 2020 inclusive and
also October 2018 – March 2019 for comparison. March 2020 is the most recent dataset
available.</p><p>The term ‘items’ refers to the number of times a product appears
on a prescription form, and not the quantity prescribed. Any secondary indications
or unlicensed uses of any of these medicines will not be apparent from the data.</p><p>The
NHS Business Services Authority does not have enough information to determine if a
prescription is ‘new’ for a particular patient.</p><p> </p>
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