Cost of Opioid Prescriptions on the NHS.
Dear Prescription Pricing Division,
Hello. My name is Dr. Frank. I'm looking for any information and answers to the following questions:
1/. How much did the NHS spend on Opioid based medication each year in total? A date range from 2000 onwards would be ideal. Any graphs showing this information would be helpful
2/. What are the name of the key opiod medications utilised by the NHS and who is their manufacturer? What are the individual price points for these medications to the NHS?
Thank you for your time.
Yours faithfully,
Frank D'Ambrosio, M.D.
Dear Mr D'Ambrosio
I am writing regarding your request for information, which I received on
26 July 2018. In that request, you asked us for the following:
‘1/. How much did the NHS spend on Opioid based medication each year in
total? A date range from 2000 onwards would be ideal. Any graphs showing
this information would be helpful
2/. What are the name of the key opiod medications utilised by the NHS and
who is their manufacturer? What are the individual price points for these
medications to the NHS?’
I am writing to ask you to clarify your request. This is because we need
further details from you in order to identify and locate the information.
Please be advised that we are unable to provide the NHS spend on Opioid
based medications however we can provide the NIC (net ingredient cost) on
items prescribed which were subsequently dispensed in the community in
England and submitted to us for payment. Please clarify if you require
this information.
We can provide data for the previous 5 years only. The data will be
presented in an Excel format.
We can provide a list of Opioid presentations including Manufacturer and
the latest price.
Please note that if I do not receive appropriate clarification of your
information requirements within two months from the date of this e-mail,
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