Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis, England: April - June 2011

Publication date

October 12, 2011

Summary

Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the number of items and the net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England. The drugs dispensed are listed by British National Formulary (BNF) therapeutic class. This is the second quarterly publication and covers Quarter 2 (April to June) 2011.

Key Facts

  • 235.5 million items dispensed
  • These items had a combined net ingredient cost of £2,181.0 million

The quarterly data are provided in two formats:

  • Downloadable spreadsheet: Excel 2003 or later version
  • Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.

Annual PCA Information for previous years is available as follows: