Further to WQ90326, will the Minister provide a full breakdown of the total number of items dispensed for each of the top 10 most frequently dispensed items by community pharmacies for each of the last 5 years and their cost?
Below is a breakdown of the number of items dispensed for each of the top 10 frequently dispensed items by community pharmacies for the last five years. Information on the cost of items was provided in my reply to WQ90480.
The information has been provided by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership.
|
Year |
Medicine |
No. of items dispensed |
|
|
2022/23 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules |
2,210,552 |
|
|
2 |
Atorvastatin 20mg tablets |
1,518,917 |
|
|
3 |
Amlodipine 5mg tablets |
1,401,917 |
|
|
4 |
Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets |
1,123,881 |
|
|
5 |
Lansoprazole 15mg gastro-resistant capsules |
1,009,613 |
|
|
6 |
Paracetamol 500mg tablets |
972,943 |
|
|
7 |
Sertraline 50mg tablets |
852,300 |
|
|
8 |
Sertraline 100mg tablets |
830,166 |
|
|
9 |
Atorvastatin 40mg tablets |
825,759 |
|
|
10 |
Levothyroxine sodium 100microgram tablets |
817,798 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021/22 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules |
2,199,516 |
|
|
2 |
Atorvastatin 20mg tablets |
1,392,308 |
|
|
3 |
Amlodipine 5mg tablets |
1,377,806 |
|
|
4 |
Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets |
1,180,230 |
|
|
5 |
Ventolin 100micrograms/dose evohaler |
1,057,684 |
|
|
6 |
Lansoprazole 15mg gastro-resistant capsules |
995,509 |
|
|
7 |
Paracetamol 500mg tablets |
988,501 |
|
|
8 |
Levothyroxine sodium 100microgram tablets |
832,882 |
|
|
9 |
Sertraline 50mg tablets |
815,431 |
|
|
10 |
Amlodipine 10mg tablets |
791,722 |
|
|
2020/21 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules |
2,143,532 |
|
|
2 |
Amlodipine 5mg tablets |
1,332,930 |
|
|
3 |
Atorvastatin 20mg tablets |
1,288,302 |
|
|
4 |
Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets |
1,220,224 |
|
|
5 |
Ventolin 100micrograms/dose evohaler |
1,114,998 |
|
|
6 |
Paracetamol 500mg tablets |
1,035,021 |
|
|
7 |
Lansoprazole 15mg gastro-resistant capsules |
966,026 |
|
|
8 |
Simvastatin 40mg tablets |
826,716 |
|
|
9 |
Levothyroxine sodium 100microgram tablets |
826,426 |
|
|
10 |
Metformin 500mg tablets |
777,810 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019/20 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Omeprazole_cap e/c 20mg |
2,046,841 |
|
|
2 |
Amlodipine_tab 5mg |
|
|
|
3 |
Aspirin 75mg dispersible tablets |
1,270,355 |
|
|
4 |
Atorvastatin 20mg tablets |
1,212,948 |
|
|
5 |
Ventolin 100micrograms/dose evohaler |
1,166,115 |
|
|
6 |
Paracetamol 500mg tablets |
1,015,766 |
|
|
7 |
Simvastatin 40mg tablets |
|
|
|
8 |
Lansoprazole 15mg gastro-resistant capsules |
872,101 |
|
|
9 |
Levothyroxine sodium 100microgram tablets |
831,265 |
|
|
10 |
Metformin 500mg tablets |
792,041 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2018/19 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Omeprazole_cap e/c 20mg |
2,000,385 |
|
|
2 |
Aspirin disper_tab 75mg |
1,328,465 |
|
|
3 |
Amlodipine_tab 5mg |
1,246,002 |
|
|
4 |
Ventolin_evohaler 100mcg (200 d) |
1,098,833 |
|
|
5 |
Atorvastatin_tab 20mg |
1,072,313 |
|
|
6 |
Paracet_tab 500mg |
1,019,411 |
|
|
7 |
Simvastatin_tab 40mg |
982,829 |
|
|
8 |
Levothyrox sod_tab 100mcg |
807,708 |
|
|
9 |
Lansoprazole_cap 15mg (e/c gran) |
801,418 |
|
|
10 |
Metformin hcl_tab 500mg |
786,274 |
|
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