Prescription costs etc

See "Prescribing for diabetes in England" reports below

Data (1)

"Diabetes prescriptions now account for 8.4% of the entire NHS net bill for primary care drugs in England, according to a new report from the NHS Information Centre. The cost of diabetes prescribing rose four times faster than average prescribing costs in the five years to 2010/11, taking the cost of diabetes prescribing to £725 million in 2010/11."

Data (2)

Data (3)

"...programme budget returns estimates that for the year 2008-9, expenditure by the NHS on diabetes was £1.26 billion. For the calendar year 2009, the net ingredient cost of prescribing medicines for diabetes was £488.8 million and the cost for glucose testing was £144.5 million."

Data (4)

In 2012-13 there were 6.2 million insulin items (BNF 6.1.1), representing 14.6 per cent of all items prescribed for diabetes, prescribed at a net ingredient cost of £320.0 million.

Source: Prescribing for Diabetes, England - 2005-06 to 2012-13

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Source (1)

YHPHO news, highlighting the new NHS IC (2010/2011) report below.

Source (2)

TheyWorkForYou.com

Diabetes: Health Services, 17 February 2011

"To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate has been made of the cost to the NHS of treatment of diabetes and diabetes-related conditions in each year since 2005."

Source (3)

TheyWorkForYou.com

Diabetes: Health Services, 24 November 2010

"To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on (a) NHS and (b) social care for people with diabetes in 2009; and how much was spent on (i) prescription medicines, (ii) glucose testing, (iii) treatment in primary care, (iv) hospitalisation, (v) ambulance services, (vi) treating complications and (vii) other costs in respect of diabetes care."

Source (4)

NHS IC

Prescribing for diabetes in England

Prescribing for Diabetes, England - 2005-06 to 2012-13

See also

NHS IC

Prescribing for diabetes in England

• • Prescribing for Diabetes, England - 2005-06 to 2012-13 (published 13 August 2013)

  • Prescribing for Diabetes in England 2005/06 to 2010/11 (published 24 August 2011)

  • Prescribing for Diabetes in England: 2004/05 to 2009/10(published 30 July 2010)

  • Prescribing for Diabetes in England: Supplement - January 2002 to March 2009 (published 15 September 2009)

Prescription Cost Analysis, England

2012 (published 4 April 2013) |2011 (published 4 April 2012) | 2010 (published 27 April 2011) | 2009 (29 April 2010) | 2008 (21 April 2009) | 2007 (29 April 2008)

A useful Google search: prescribing diabetes England